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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

City auditor’s office finds racial disparities in Berkeley police stops

The city auditor’s office presented an audit of Berkeley Police Department that found racial disparities in stops and response times. The audit used computer-aided dispatch to analyze more than 360,000 events involving police between 2015-2019.

The Berkeley city auditor’s office released an audit of the city’s police department focusing on racial disparities in stops and response times to incidents involving mentally ill or unhoused individuals Thursday.
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Crime & Courts

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

BART adopts policing reforms after report shows racial disparities

BART police is adopting six recommendations after an outside study showed racial disparities in police stops and use of force.
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City Government

Monday, July 27, 2020

Berkeley City Council adopts revised police use-of-force policy

After almost 10 hours of discussion, Berkeley City Council approved a revised version of the Berkeley Police Department’s use-of-force policy, among other items, at its Thursday meeting.
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City

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Racial disparities in Berkeley police stop data may indicate racial bias

An examination of the Berkeley Police Department’s stop data reveals significant disparities between stops involving white and Black individuals.
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Crime & Courts

Friday, May 24, 2019

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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Election 2018

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Berkeley Police Association spends thousands campaigning against City Council candidate Kate Harrison

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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Crime & Courts

Monday, June 18, 2018

More than half of BART police use-of-force incidents in 2017 involved Black men, report finds

While Black people constitute 12 percent of BART customers according to the most recent data, which is from 2015, the report presented to the BART Police Citizen Review Board at its June 11 meeting found that among all the use-of-force incidents in 2017, 50.9 percent involved Black males and 14.7 percent involved Black females.
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City

Friday, May 25, 2018

Berkeley Police Department to address racial bias in police stops, searches

Berkeley Police Department will incorporate the recommendations for approaching racial bias in policing set forth in a report by the Center for Policing Equity, or CPE.
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City

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Center for Policing Equity releases report noting racial disparities in Berkeley policing

The report catalogues disparities in stops, searches and arrests among Black, Hispanic, Asian American and white populations and provides recommendations for BPD practices to address the concerns raised by the report’s findings.
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City

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Berkeley City Council votes to create task force on racial disparities suggested in police data

Berkeley City Council unanimously voted to create a task force that will address racial disparities suggested in data on the Berkeley Police Department.
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City auditor’s office finds racial disparities in Berkeley police stops

BART adopts policing reforms after report shows racial disparities

Berkeley City Council adopts revised police use-of-force policy

Racial disparities in Berkeley police stop data may indicate racial bias

Berkeley Police Review Commission discusses stop data at regular meeting

Berkeley Police Association spends thousands campaigning against City Council candidate Kate Harrison

More than half of BART police use-of-force incidents in 2017 involved Black men, report finds

Berkeley Police Department to address racial bias in police stops, searches

Center for Policing Equity releases report noting racial disparities in Berkeley policing

Berkeley City Council votes to create task force on racial disparities suggested in police data