Kitty Calavita

The city of Berkeley’s Police Review Commission, or PRC, met Wednesday to discuss a proposal that would adjust stop and search procedures and the conditions under which it is appropriate to ask about parole or probation status.

Discussion surrounding recommendations for Berkeley City Council and the city manager about police spit hood use policy dominated discussion at Wednesday night’s regular Police Review Commission, or PRC, 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.

The Police Review Commission finalized its ongoing dialogue regarding body-worn cameras, addressed the retroactive release of records by the Berkeley Police Department under SB 1421 and discussed the issue of mental health crisis responses.

The Police Review Commission examined and recommended changes to the recently released policy on body-worn cameras at its regular meeting Wednesday.

At a meeting of the Police Review Commission on Wednesday, motions were passed to request information regarding the nature of body-worn cameras and iPhones that will be utilized by police officers in the coming weeks as well as inventory records from before and after the Aug. 5 riots.

The question of citizen privacy and the use of police recordings were central topics at the first Police Review Commission meeting of the year Wednesday. Commissioners discussed issues of privacy and policy regarding body-worn cameras in the police force as well as the department’s reaction to a protest Aug. 5.