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Efforts to restore some of the commission’s original power have been ongoing, as city officials and local activists examine civilian oversight agencies in neighboring Bay Area jurisdictions to see which models might best suit Berkeley.
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The documents released this week about Kayla Moore’s death in 2013 merely reminded Berkeley community members — once again — of the complete lack of power that police oversight commissions have.
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In 2014, Berkeley’s Police Review Commission found that one officer involved in the 2013 in-custody death of Kayla Moore exercised improper police procedure. But documents recently obtained by The Daily Californian through a Public Records Act request show that a judge disagreed with the commission’s findings months later, calling its logic “fallacious.”
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The complaint, sent to the Fair Campaign Practices Commission, or FCPC, was lodged against District 1 candidate Rashi Kesarwani, District 4 candidates Ben Gould and Gregory Magofña, District 8 candidate Lori Droste, the Berkeley Democratic Club, or BDC, and the Berkeley Police Association, or BPA.
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The Berkeley Police Association, or BPA, has spent more than $15,000 campaigning against City Council candidate Kate Harrison — more than twice as much as the association has spent in support of candidates Lori Droste and Rashi Kesarwani, combined.
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Berkeley residents have been receiving advertisements — which state that they were paid for by the Berkeley Police Association, or BPA — criticizing City Council District 4 candidate Kate Harrison’s record of handling homeless encampments.
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Dozens of community members, several Berkeley Police Department officers and a UCPD officer gathered outside the Royal Ground Coffee House on Thursday morning for a monthly Coffee with a Cop event hosted by the nonprofit organization of the same name.
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According to its endorsement announcement, BPA chose candidates that showed commitment to keeping Berkeley neighborhoods safe. The BPA represents members of the Berkeley Police Department.
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The event brought together more than 20 animal shelters and rescue organizations from across the Bay Area and was hosted in conjunction with an NBC event.
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In recent months, Berkeley Police Department has been sounding an alarm on what it sees as a department in crisis.
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