Imagine yourself picked up by the Berkeley police on a minor matter. You’re quickly cleared for release, but the cops see that you were once suspected — NOT CONVICTED — of a more serious offense. Read More…
The raid of the Occupy the Farm encampment was implemented successfully, with the arrest of nine protesters and without violence. But we are alarmed by the purported cost of more than $300,000. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday night will focus largely on mutual aid, a topic the council has visited extensively over the past year and which is sure to see a lengthy discussion once again. Read More…
The Berkeley City Council adopted the majority of the policies regarding the city’s set of mutual aid agreements with outside law enforcement agencies at their meeting Tuesday night. Read More…
The costs incurred as a result of the occupation of UC-owned land in Albany and the May 14 police raid on the encampment total more than $300,000, according to UC Berkeley and city of Albany officials. The campus will seek to recoup its losses in a civil suit filed against Read More…
At its meeting Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council voted to postpone discussion of the city’s contentious mutual aid pact until next week despite a large gathering of city and Bay Area residents who attended to speak about the pact. Councilmembers said the meeting agenda was “arduous” and there would not Read More…
The Berkeley City Council is set to consider next month whether to reapprove an agreement with an information-sharing agency some say could facilitate racial and ethnic profiling. The agreement the council will consider at its May 15 meeting is part of the city of Berkeley’s mutual aid pact — a Read More…
This week’s 7 p.m. Berkeley City Council meeting agenda contains a number of consent items but very few items on the action calendar to be discussed by the council. Adelyn Baxter is the lead city government reporter.
Berkeley City Councilmember Jesse Arreguin wanted to restrict when city law enforcement has to report suspicious activity to local intelligence centers regarding criminal and terrorist activities. At the Feb. 14 Berkeley City Council meeting, Arreguin proposed an amendment to do just that. Arreguin wanted to alter an agreement between the Read More…
Police use of force at last year’s Occupy protests led Berkeley officials to question the city’s mutual aid agreements with outside departments. However, at its meeting Tuesday night, Berkeley City Council approved three of five previously unapproved agreements, including one with UCPD. The city’s mutual aid pact is a set Read More…
