Reported rapes increase in 2016, according to UCPD security report

UCPD released its annual security report Friday, which revealed an increase in reported rapes and a decrease in drug abuse and liquor law violations from 2014-16.
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UCPD released its annual security report Friday, which revealed an increase in reported rapes and a decrease in drug abuse and liquor law violations from 2014-16.
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Joanna Ong and Alyssa Leader both hold degrees from premier American universities — UC Berkeley and Harvard University, respectively. They are also both suing their alma maters for mishandling cases of sexual misconduct.
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The campus saw a decrease in sex offenses and a decrease in theft between 2014 and 2015, according to UCPD’s Annual Security Report released Saturday.
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At about 5:55 p.m., a witness reported that he had seen a man in an electric wheelchair allegedly touching a female victim inappropriately in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union building, according to the alert.
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According to a recent study, UC Berkeley trails only Stanford in having the highest rate of reported crimes per student on California university campuses.
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UC Berkeley’s BAMN chapter held a protest Thursday afternoon demanding that a student accused of rape and sexual harassment be kept off campus.
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According to an annual security report released by UCPD on Thursday, the campus saw an increase in both reported sex offenses and robberies in the past year.
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UCPD’s annual security report, released Thursday, reflects an increase in reported sex offenses and puts into place updated categorization of such offenses as mandated by the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013.
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Three women who were sexually assaulted while students at UC Berkeley filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that the campus perpetrated gender-based discrimination and fraudulently represented its safety.
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A new poster series designed to educate the public about sexual assault will be distributed around campus this week as part of the Cal Consent Campaign.
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