Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Lawrence Berkeley lab office
Law enforcement officials are investigating a bomb threat at a Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory office in Emeryville. Read More…
Tag Archives: UCPD
Despite increase in Alameda County auto theft rates, Berkeley bucks trend
A report released Jan. 28 shows declining automobile theft rates for Berkeley despite a general increase in Alameda County. Read More…
UCPD creates new Special Duty Unit
UCPD has created a new Special Duty Unit to address safety needs in the near vicinity of the campus. Read More…
Our campus is not a war zone
In person, Bob Birgeneau is an affable man — a textbook example of a gentle Canadian neighbor. Years ago, as MIT’s Dean of Science, he used to command universal adoration and respect. Sadly, today’s Chancellor Birgeneau appears largely divorced from the Dean Birgeneau that I once admired while a graduate Read More…
You keep using that word — I don’t think it means what you think it means
In a truly Orwellian move, last week the UCPD insisted that nonviolence is violence, saying that “linking arms in a human chain when ordered to step aside is not a nonviolent protest.” In fact, that’s exactly what a nonviolent protest is. But this patently false claim is revealing of an implicit Read More…
Unnatural police
CITY AFFAIRS: We hope a new countywide vice team does not focus on underage drinking. The student community is best handled by UCPD and BPD.
Punishments don’t always fit their crimes. At the end of finals week in May, students at the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house were cited for underage drinking. We are not disputing the illegality of underage drinking — but the circumstances surrounding the incident are strange, suspicious and cause for alarm. Read More…
A smoking gun
CITY AFFAIRS: We are unable to make sense of a UCPD officer's horrific and unjust killing of a dog at People's Park last week.
The metaphor, it’s a dog-eat-dog world, unfortunately hit too close to home on July 21 at People’s Park. At 12:14 a.m., while administering a normal patrol of the park, a UCPD officer noticed someone sleeping on the ground. Beside the man was a dog — unleashed, according to UCPD. Read More…
UCPD arrests suspect allegedly involved in campus hate crime
UCPD has apprehended a suspect allegedly involved in vandalism and hate crimes that took place on Saturday at Li Ka Shing and Mulford Halls. On Saturday at 10:33 p.m., UCPD received a report of two males spraying graffiti at Li Ka Shing Hall. After arriving to investigate, UCPD officers found Read More…
Shots fired on Lower Sproul Monday evening
Shots were fired on Lower Sproul Plaza late Monday evening, according to a crime alert released by UCPD. Read More…
Two computers stolen from Alumni House
Two desktop computers were stolen from the Alumni House, Wednesday. Read More…