Margo Bennett

Spokespeople for both UCPD and the Berkeley Police Department attribute financial struggles to the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that insufficient funding has allowed for an increasing number of vacant positions in the police force. 

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín cancelled City Council's special meeting scheduled for Thursday night to address police use of tear gas.

After two decades of service, UCPD Chief Margo Bennett will trade in her uniform for retirement in June 2022.

The Independent Advisory Board on Police Accountability and Community Safety released its report on the UCPD on June 30, recommending more than 25 changes that aim to create a safer campus environment and increase police accountability.

Berkeley residents stood outside their houses about 9 p.m. Wednesday and shined flashlights at the sky for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in peaceful protest in response to the death of George Floyd.

The virtual ASUC Senate weekly meeting Wednesday was dominated by a discussion of campus administration's and UCPD’s responses to the outbreak of COVID-19.

For almost a year, UCPD and members of the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center have been discussing the UCPD patrol car parking area on Barrow Lane.

Following Monday’s Bears for Palestine protest, tensions were high during the third ASUC Senate meeting of the semester Wednesday. Public comment speakers were present at the meeting, with most speakers standing in solidarity with BFP and condemning the ASUC’s handling of the situation.

UCPD Chief Margo Bennett released a campuswide email detailing updates on campus policing initiatives Thursday.

During the last ASUC Senate meeting of the semester Wednesday, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Stephen Sutton, UCPD Chief Margo Bennett and Tom Halvorsen, The New York Times education manager, spoke about current initiatives, and four of the seven expected ASUC commission chairs provided official reports.