Maria Moore

In 2014, Berkeley’s Police Review Commission found that one officer involved in the 2013 in-custody death of Kayla Moore exercised improper police procedure. But documents recently obtained by The Daily Californian through a Public Records Act request show that a judge disagreed with the commission’s findings months later, calling its logic “fallacious.”

Within the last 10 years, Rodrigues said BPD has implemented programs such as an optional 38-hour training course for the crisis intervention team. The program teaches officers to know what signs to look for when dealing with people experiencing mental health crises.

About 50 supporters gathered in front of Berkeley City Hall on Tuesday night to honor the life of Kayla Moore — a Black transgender woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who died in Berkeley police custody in 2013 — and march for police reform.

Berkeley residents gathered on the corner of Allston Way and Shattuck Avenue on Monday night for a vigil in honor of Kayla Moore, a Black transgender woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who died while in Berkeley Police custody in 2013.

Despite the dismissal of the Fourth Amendment violations, such as excessive force or unlawful arrest, the case — filed by Moore’s father Arthur Moore — will go forward in court as the alleged Americans with Disabilities Act violations were upheld.

More than three years after Kayla Moore — a Black transgender woman diagnosed with schizophrenia — died in Berkeley Police Department custody, residents gathered for a vigil and a march Tuesday night to demand a shift in the way law enforcement handles mental health crises.

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.

In the aftermath of protests over police killings of black civilians, local officials and residents discussed a wide variety of topics, ranging from the improvement of police and community relations to broader social issues, at a 5-hour-long City Council meeting Saturday morning.

Participants of a scheduled rally and march on recent police killings of unarmed black men converged to speak at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, many criticizing the city for its response to ongoing protests that erupted in Berkeley on Dec. 6.

On Feb. 12, 2013, police responded to a disturbance call in Downtown Berkeley that ended with the sudden in-custody death of Kayla Moore, a 347-pound black transgender woman with a history of mental illness.