Berkeley City Council renews state of emergency, discusses police budget, housing

Berkeley City Council renewed the current state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a nearly 10-hour-long series of meetings Tuesday.
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Berkeley City Council renewed the current state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a nearly 10-hour-long series of meetings Tuesday.
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The Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, gathered Wednesday for its regular meeting to discuss surveillance use policies, budget summaries and the use of spit hoods by the Berkeley Police Department, among other items.
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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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This November, Berkeley will hold elections for several local positions, including City Council and the rent and school boards. As candidates launch their campaigns, Councilmember Ben Bartlett is doing a stellar job of demonstrating precisely how they should not behave. When Bartlett was pulled over by a Berkeley Police Department
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The forum, the first of four, is designed to give attendees an opportunity to interact with police officers from throughout the department, according to a BPD press release.
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On Wednesday evening, the Berkeley Police Review Commission voted to open an investigation into Berkeley Police Department’s handling of the demonstrations at City Council’s June 20 special meeting.
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The Police Review Commission convened Wednesday evening to elect a new chair and discuss body-worn camera policies and recent City Council decisions.
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A lawsuit filed Monday, demanding more than $23 million in relief and damages, alleges campus and university officials violated federal law and campus policies during its handling of the Feb. 1 Milo Yiannopoulos campus protest.
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