Just a few days after the one-year anniversary of the death of five-year old Zachary Michael Cruz, the Berkeley Police Department have announced a concentration on pedestrian safety this month.
Last year, 106 pedestrians were injured in collisions in Berkeley. All three of the city’s fatal collisions involved pedestrians in the crosswalks. The police effort will [...]
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Police focus on pedestrians
Video: Watch the dance party turn violent
As the nationwide March 4th protests against cuts to public education grow near, groups around the state are trying to get the word out. In Berkeley, UC students plan to hold a rally at noon and teachers in the Berkeley Unified School district plan to march on Martin Luther King Street after school lets out. [...]
Police statement on last night’s violence
Berkeley Police Department’s Public Information Officer Andrew Frankel emailed neighborhood crime prevention leaders with a report on last night’s violence on Telegraph Avenue, near the university (sent to Berkeleyside by Laura Menard):
Here is what I can share with regard to last night’s events:
At 1:41a.m. we responded to a request for emergency assistance made to us [...]
Accident sends Berkeley police officer to hospital
A Berkeley police officer was sent to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after her motorcycle was struck by a car.
The accident happened around 4:20 at the intersection of Ashby and Benvenue. Police closed the intersection while they investigated the accident.
The officer, who was not identified, was not seriously injured.
The streets were reopened about 45 minutes [...]
“When we mess up we fess up”: Michael Meehan, Berkeley’s new police chief, is sworn in
Police officials from around the region gathered in downtown Berkeley Thursday afternoon to attend the swearing in of Michael K. Meehan, Berkeley’s new police chief.
Chiefs from Oakland, San Francisco, Albany Emeryville, Kensington, Sacramento, Livermore and the University of California joined FBI agents, DEA investigators, CHP officers and elected officials to welcome Meehan, 48, who previously [...]
Police chiefs past and present
Former Berkeley police chief Douglas Hambleton (above) will be recognized for his distinguished community service at a meeting tonight at which Oakland’s newly crowned police chief, Anthony Batts, will talk about his plans for the city.
The “Safe Neighborhoods” meeting has been organized by a large group of community organizations and takes place at Maxwell’s, 341 [...]
Goodbye on Beat 8
Ever since we moved to the Elmwood, we’ve received regular, informative emails from Roderick Roe, our Beat 8 police officer. Roe leavened the usual litany of break-ins and car thefts with helpful advice and a distinct, personal voice.
I’ve just received his latest email, which is a goodbye:
Believe me, after twenty-one years as a police officer, [...]
America’s Most Wanted in Berkeley
America’s Most Wanted, the Fox show that brings the glare of mass television to the task of tracking down fugitives from justice, will be filming on Allston Way between 9th and 10th Streets today (hat tip: John).
The program is in Berkeley to “recreate” to film an introduction about the gang murder that took place in [...]
Did anyone hear the “minor explosion” last night?
Berkeley police are investigating a “minor explosion” that occurred near Blake Street and Chilton Way, just west of Telegraph, last night. Are there any reader reports on what happened?
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