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Berkeley's fire and police headquarters in 2020. After the police department was rocked by a scandal involving racist texts, past allegations against the interim chief have arisen.
The Berkeley PD responded to the 2017 Berkeley protests violently. Ahead of a speech by Ben Shapiro on September 14, Berkeley City Council authorized the police to use pepper spray, which had been previously banned in Berkeley for twenty years. [7]
The Berkeley Police Department was in turmoil Thursday following the leak of text messages that allegedly show the president of the police officers union making racially charged remarks and ...
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On May 30, 30,000 Berkeley citizens secured a city permit and marched without incident past the barricaded People's Park to protest Reagan's occupation of their city, the death of Rector, the blinding of Blanchard, and the many injuries inflicted by police. [48]
August Vollmer (March 7, 1876 – November 4, 1955) was the first police chief of Berkeley, California, and a leading figure in the development of the field of criminal justice in the United States in the early 20th century.
Protesters and police face off at a barricade near People's Park on August 3, 2022. Just after midnight on August 3, 2022, the UC Berkeley Police Department and contractors began fencing off People's Park. Protesters gathered after multiple "bulldozer" alerts were shared when workers began unloading heavy machinery and construction equipment ...
Police responded to a report of an armed man on Martin Luther King Junior Way, on the North Oakland/South Berkeley border. Officers were able to detain two suspects, but say there is no ongoing ...