George Lippman

Berkeley Police Department data on police stops from January to April 2016 reinforce allegations of discriminatory practices by the police, with Black and Latino people stopped but not searched at more than double the rate of white people.

Berkeley mayoral candidates attended a forum Wednesday at North Berkeley Senior Center in which they discussed local topics of affordable housing, police reform and environmental issues.

The Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, met Wednesday night to discuss a recent police-worn body cameras initiative as well as the police response to the December 2014 Black Lives Matter protest.

At a time when police violence and oversight has become the subject of ever-increasing controversy across the nation, many in Berkeley — and in the commission itself — feel that the Police Review Commission is unable to adequately address today’s foremost police issues.

Berkeley City Council will meet at its special City Council meeting Tuesday to examine the updates on a police and community relations report, submitted by chief of Berkeley Police Department Michael Meehan.

The Berkeley Police Review Commission met Wednesday night to discuss Berkeley Police Department’s staging practices during the December 2014 protests and changes to regulations for handling complaints against members of the police department.

Berkeley’s Police Review Commission recommended Wednesday that Berkeley Police Department continue to participate in Urban Shield amid community concerns about the program’s alleged culture of militarization and racial profiling, and concluded discussions of its report on BPD action during the December protests.

The information, released on BPD’s public portal, contains information on vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian stops of civilians, with demographic information including race, gender and age.

Members of Berkeley's Police Review Commission clashed at a meeting Thursday over the legality of giving Berkeley Police Department greater oversight of mutual aid responders in crowd-management situations in light of the December protests.

Police Review Commissioners clashed with each other and attending police officers as they attempted to finalize their report on the December Black Lives Matter protests at their Wednesday meeting.