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1911 — Organized the first Police Motorcycle Patrol; 1913 — Changed to automobiles for patrolling; 1916 — Chief Vollmer established the first School of Criminology at University of California, Berkeley and was a strong advocate of college-educated police officers. 1918 — Began using intelligence tests in recruiting police officers
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 Police Department did not respond to a request for comment. In addition to the text scandal, the police department has also been accused of denying minors the right to have a lawyer ...
James Rector was visiting friends in Berkeley and watching from the roof of Granma Books when he was shot by police; [28] he died on May 19. [29] [30] The Alamada County Coroner's report listed cause of death as "shock and hemorrhage due to multiple shotgun wounds and perforation of the aorta". Reagan conceded that Rector was probably shot by ...
Police fences surrounding the Berkeley Memorial Stadium oak grove. On November 8, 2007, a second chain link fence was constructed around the oak grove. [ 33 ] According to the University, the second fence was erected to protect and separate the tree sitters from the fans attending the Golden Bears' last home football game of the season, against ...
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 ...
After graduating college, Plummer joined the Berkeley Police Department in 1952. [2] He was a field commander when riots erupted in People's Park in 1969. In 2007, Plummer said: "I wish I would have hit some people harder during the riots. I regret that." [2] [3] In 1976, Plummer was appointed Chief of Police for Hayward, California. [2]
Berkeley County Sheriff's Department says the initial investigation of a fatal crash with a deputy's vehicle shows the victim didn't yield to police.