Berkeley Police Review Commission discusses police body cameras
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Berkeley’s Police Review Commission discussed concerns regarding police officers muting their body cameras at its meeting Feb. 26.
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Campus professor talks bicycle traffic enforcement at Police Review Commission meeting
The city of Berkeley’s Police Review Commission heard a complaint from a UC Berkeley professor concerned about the city’s potential overstep in bicycle traffic enforcement at its meeting Wednesday.
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation requiring prompt testing of rape kits
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 22 into law, a bill requiring law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in California to promptly test all newly collected rape kits.
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Berkeley Police Review Commission discusses GPS tracking data policies
The Police Review Commission met Wednesday to say goodbye to two commissioners and discuss policy 1301, which concerns the use of GPS tracking data.
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Berkeley Police Review Commission discusses stop data at regular meeting
Berkeley’s Police Review Commission, or PRC, discussed its collection and analysis of stop data, or data relating to police stops and searches, and the passage of Lexipol policies at its regular Wednesday night meeting at the South Berkeley Senior Center.
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Berkeley police report shows decreased crime rates in last year
Crime rates in Berkeley went down in 2018, according to a crime report Berkeley Police Department presented at the Berkeley City Council meeting March 19.
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Berkeley Police Review Commission passes body-worn camera policy, establishes guidelines
On Wednesday, the Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, met at the South Berkeley Senior Center for its bimonthly meeting to discuss issues including body-worn cameras, intercommittee and department guidelines, police officers’ use of force and the Berkeley Police Department’s new contract with Epic Recruiting.
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Berkeley Police Review Commission discusses body-worn cameras, mental health response
The Police Review Commission finalized its ongoing dialogue regarding body-worn cameras, addressed the retroactive release of records by the Berkeley Police Department under SB 1421 and discussed the issue of mental health crisis responses.
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While Berkeley police address racial bias, community reflects on need for reform
In February 2018, former Berkeley City Council candidate and activist Nanci Armstrong-Temple was restrained and arrested by Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, officers while helping to move a homeless encampment in front of Old City Hall — an act she referred to as “outside of the law and definitely outside of human decency.”
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Major crime in Berkeley decreases by 10 percent, according to report presented to City Council
BPD Chief Andrew Greenwood and Capt. Ed Spiller both presented the crime report, announcing that crime reports for the first six months of 2018 regarding aggravated assault, auto theft, larceny, rape and robbery are down.
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