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The Berkeley Police Department responded Sept. 20 at 10:25 p.m. to a report from Whole Foods Market on Telegraph Avenue of an unconscious man at the store.
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The Police Review Commission met Wednesday to say goodbye to two commissioners and discuss policy 1301, which concerns the use of GPS tracking data.
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Berkeley’s Police Review Commission, or PRC, introduced a new member of the commission, learned that Commissioner Terry Roberts would be leaving the team at the end of July and discussed police surveillance policies at its regular Wednesday night meeting.
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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.
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A group of activists hosted a rally outside the California Democratic Party State Convention urging Democrats to decriminalize sex work.
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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.
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Efforts to restore some of the commission’s original power have been ongoing, as city officials and local activists examine civilian oversight agencies in neighboring Bay Area jurisdictions to see which models might best suit Berkeley.
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The documents released this week about Kayla Moore’s death in 2013 merely reminded Berkeley community members — once again — of the complete lack of power that police oversight commissions have.
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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.”
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On Wednesday, the Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, met at the South Berkeley Senior Center for its bimonthly meeting to discuss issues including body-worn cameras, intercommittee and department guidelines, police officers’ use of force and the Berkeley Police Department’s new contract with Epic Recruiting.
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