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Berkeley’s Police Review Commission, or PRC, discussed how the city’s plan to dramatically cut funding to its police department has resulted in staffing challenges at a meeting Wednesday.
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With the approval of its 2016 to 2017 fiscal year fund allocations for its approximately $9 million budget, the Berkeley/Albany Mental Health Commission voted Thursday to redirect more money into mental health centers and permanent housing for the homeless.
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The Berkeley City Council will consider making modifications to the city’s mental health services after a Tuesday work session discussing recommendations from a Berkeley NAACP study.
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The Berkeley Police Association is once again revisiting the debate over whether tasers should be carried by city police, following an incident involving a mentally ill man on Sept. 18. Police responded to reports that the man was stabbing himself in an attempt to commit suicide. While the attempt was
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A man aligned with the Occupy Berkeley movement was detained for allegedly helping hang a banner from Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus Wednesday afternoon. The banner was raised shortly after the noon bells rang in the tower. It read, “Time UC us,” with the word “OCCUPY” running down
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