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Because of financial constraints, the Glenn E. Dyer Detention Facility in Oakland closed in June, causing its inmates to be transferred nearly 30 miles to the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, according to Alameda County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. Ray Kelley.
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Under AB 392, force must only be used when “necessary” rather than when “reasonable.” The bill, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Aug. 19, specifies that officers must use other resources and techniques to address threats instead of deadly force.
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Three individuals were arrested Saturday for allegedly carrying concealed firearms in two separate incidents, according to a BPD spokesperson.
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Twenty-four-year-old Berkeley man William Sanchez-Gomez was arrested Sunday on suspicion of repeated sexual battery, according to an email from Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Officer Byron White.
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According to a BPD spokesperson, two people had been fighting when the suspect left the scene, returning with a metal bar. The suspect then struck the victim on the back with the metal bar.
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Thirty-six-year-old Demetrius Johnson was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, forced oral copulation and robbery Tuesday, according to an email from Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Officer Byron White.
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Officers were called about 9:30 a.m. regarding a person passed out in the bushes. The 61-year-old man had been seen lying there for the past several days.
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Officers from the Berkeley Police Department responded to reports of sexual assault at a youth shelter on the 1700 block of University Avenue on Monday, according to an email from BPD spokesperson Officer Byron White.
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Amid concerns around surveillance and privacy, San Francisco banned police use of facial recognition technology May 14 after the state Assembly’s Feb. 21 introduction of a similar ban.
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A 26-year-old UC Berkeley student was walking on Hearst Avenue about 11:15 p.m. Sunday when a car stopped next to him and a male suspect got out, demanding the man’s money, according to an email from Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, spokesperson Officer Byron White.
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