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Commissioned by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau after the events of Nov. 9, 2011, the 36-page report calls on campus administrators to do more to articulate “strictly confined limits” on police tactics during protest events.
Tag: police
Margo Bennett named UCPD’s new police chief
April 18, 2013:
Margo Bennett, a University of California Police Department captain with more than 35 years of law enforcement experience that ranges from community policing work to expertise in investigating major crimes at the federal level, has been named UC Berkeley’s new police chief, campus officials announced today (Thursday, April 18). She has been interim police chief since the previous chief retired in December.
UCPD launches special-duty unit
January 28, 2013:
The new unit, which launched Jan. 7, 2013, was designed to focus on identified crime trends, allowing for a more agile response to these prioritized issues without disrupting normal day-to-day police operations or regular service to the broader campus community.
UCPD: No bomb found after campuswide search
October 31, 2012:
The UCPD completed searches of the main and Clark Kerr campuses, as well as UC properties adjacent to the campus, and have recommended that all campus operations return to normal status.
Campus gets emailed bomb threat
October 30, 2012:
CalMessage from UCPD Capt. Margo Bennett says “non-specific, anonymous bomb threat” included “no verifiable information.”
UCPD lauds citizens for heroism in stopping dog attack
October 19, 2012:
Column by writer Michelle Locke describes the attack and the ceremony honoring two men, one of them her husband, for their role in saving a 6-year-old girl from a pair of off-leash pit-bull mixes.
At subdued Boalt Hall forum, Nov. 9 protest clash gets a hearing
February 14, 2012:
A Police Review Board forum drew a sparse crowd, but elicited powerful testimony from students, faculty and others who said they were victims of, or witnesses to, police violence during November’s Occupy Cal protests.
Jury returns verdict in use of force case
February 11, 2012:
BERKELEY — Yesterday a federal jury returned a definitive verdict in favor of U.C. Berkeley Police Officer Brendan Tinney finding that he did not use excessive force against a protester during the November 20, 2009 protests at Wheeler Hall. Officer Tinney was defending the metal barricade line on November 20 attempting to control a large crowd. Earlier in the day, [...]
Police Review Board sets public forum dates
February 6, 2012:
The Police Review Board announced today (Monday, Feb.6) that two public forums will take place, providing an opportunity for individuals to share their accounts of the events of Nov. 9, 2011
Campus announces new student conduct policy
January 30, 2012:
After more than a year of review and study, campus officials announced today (Monday, Jan.30) that a new Berkeley Campus Code of Student Conduct has been approved and will go into effect starting Feb. 1.
Berkeley 2011 — the year in pictures
December 22, 2011:
Beyond the protests, the story — as always — is one of engagement, passion and perseverance in the face of challenges, whether institutional or personal.
‘Routine’ police panel meeting gets ‘Occupy’d’
December 2, 2011:
When the campus Police Review Board met Thursday, it was not to discuss the events of Nov. 9. That, however, was precisely what students and supporters wanted to talk about.
Lawsuit filed over Nov. 9 protests
November 30, 2011:
A group made up of 18 UC Berkeley students, one staff member and five others filed a federal lawsuit Monday against police and Berkeley administrators stemming from actions taken by the campus Nov. 9 to prevent Occupy Cal encampments on Sproul Plaza.
Faculty Senate criticizes response to Occupy Cal protest
November 29, 2011:
At a special meeting on Monday, the Berkeley Academic Senate voted 336 to 34 in favor of four resolutions ranging from a call for special training for campus police to a condemnation of “the UC Berkeley administration’s authorization of violent responses to nonviolent protests over the past two years.”
No-confidence proposal revised by faculty authors
November 28, 2011:
The Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate has scheduled a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 28, to take up a series of resolutions prompted by the Nov. 9 campus confrontation between police and Occupy Cal protesters.
Faculty senate to take up no-confidence resolution
November 23, 2011:
The Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate has scheduled a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 28, to take up a series of resolutions prompted by the Nov. 9 campus confrontation between police and Occupy Cal protesters.
Chancellor’s message regarding death of Cal student
November 16, 2011:
Chancellor Birgeneau offers hearfelt condolences in the shooting death of Cal student Christopher Travis, and directs the Cal community to counseling resources offered by University Health Services related to the Haas School incident.
Update on Tuesday’s shooting at UC Berkeley
November 16, 2011:
UC Berkeley police released more details about the student who was shot Tuesday at the Haas School of Business and later died at Oakland’s Highland Hospital. The student, 32-year-old Christopher Nathen Elliot Travis, was an undergraduate at UC Berkeley majoring in business. UC Berkeley Police Capt. Margo Bennett said Travis was carrying a loaded, semiautomatic handgun – a 9 mm Ruger – when he was shot multiple times by a UC Berkeley police officer in a Haas computer lab.
Haas School community saddened by events of Nov. 15
November 16, 2011:
Shaken by Tuesday’s fatal shooting at the Haas School of Business, some 200 of the school’s staff, students and faculty gathered Wednesday morning to discuss the tragic event, only to be stunned again to learn the victim was one of their own.
Gun-wielding man shot by police has died, was a student
November 16, 2011:
UC Berkeley officials on Wednesday identified the man who wielded a gun at the Haas School of Business and was shot by university police on Tuesday as an undergraduate transfer student. Christopher Nathen Elliot Travis, 32, died Tuesday night after being transported to Highland Hospital.
Joint campus-city police safety patrol resumes
August 18, 2011:
The successful Joint Southside Safety Patrol will operate again on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights this school year. Beginning tonight, teams of campus and city officers in two squad cars will keep neighborhoods near campus free of unruly parties in off-campus student rental housing and fraternities.
UCPD releases sketches of two sex assault suspects
April 12, 2011:
UC Berkeley police distributed composite sketches of suspects in two similar criminal sexual incidents that were reported to UCPD within the past week.
New report finds dramatic crime reduction in East Palo Alto
December 15, 2010:
The Peninsula city of East Palo Alto shows a dramatic drop in crime over the past two decades, according to an independent analysis by researchers at Berkeley Law’s Center for Criminal Justice. Once known as the U.S. per capita “murder capital,” the city’s crime rate dropped 62 percent, across all major crime types, between 1986 and 2008.
New Southside joint safety patrol already a success
November 22, 2010:
After only a few months of operation, a pilot program on the city’s south side that set up a joint safety patrol by the UC Berkeley Police Department and the Berkeley Police Department is showing successful results
Campus, city police form joint safety patrol
August 24, 2010:
UC Berkeley and Berkeley city police have formed a new joint patrol to target improving public safety in Southside neighborhoods and after home games.
Campus acts to remove hunger striker’s encampment
May 10, 2010:
This morning, the campus removed an encampment of hunger strikers outside California Hall. No arrests were made and police provided vans to assist in transporting the group’s personal belongings.
Chancellor Birgeneau denounces Arizona immigration bill
May 7, 2010:
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has denounced Arizona Bill SB 1070, saying the immigration measure cannot be implemented without engaging in racial profiling.
