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Margo Bennett, a University of California Police Department captain with more than 35 years of law enforcement experience, was sworn in Tuesday (May 28) as UC Berkeley’s new police chief.
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UCPD team to ride in Special Olympics benefit
May 13, 2013:
For the fourth year, members of the campus police force will ride in Bike the Bridges, a 25-mile fundraising ride to benefit Special Olympics Northern California. Others are invited to join the UCPD team or support it with pledges. The event takes place Sunday, June 9.
Trespassers removed from Albany mixed-use development site
May 13, 2013:
At approximately 4:30 a.m. Monday, 20 people were asked to leave the mixed-use development site in Albany or face arrest. Over the course of the morning, three people were arrested for trespassing and interfering with the 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.
Campus police chief to retire
November 1, 2012:
UC Berkeley Police Chief Mitch Celaya will retire from UC at the end of 2012, after a 30-year career on the force. Capt. Margo Bennett will serve as acting chief while a national search for a new chief is conducted.
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.
Bomb threat a hoax, says UCPD
September 26, 2012:
After making continuous checks of campus buildings and other UC properties since Tuesday morning, the UC Police Department has concluded that a telephoned bomb threat received by a campus employee was, as suspected, a hoax.
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 update
January 30, 2012:
A campus Police Review Board report on the November 2011 protests will be delayed beyond the original Jan. 31 deadline, PRB chair Jesse Choper said in a letter to the Chancellor. (PDF)
‘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.
Tolman Hall protest ends, two non-students arrested
September 23, 2011:
Protesters voluntarily left the building Thursday night after a day of demonstrations, marches and speeches.
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
