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In 1947, the Regents established the University of California Police Department in its own right as a fully constituted police agency with authority based on Sections 20221 and 20222 of the State Education Code. By 1959, UC Berkeley Police consisted of about twenty-two sworn personnel. Captain Lee was succeeded by Captain W. W. Wadman.
The police were ordered by Kacalek to use "questionable legal tactics" such as stop and frisk, probation searches with no reasonable suspicion of a crime, and "stay-away" orders from UC Berkeley.
Protesters, including some UC Berkeley students, occupied the park in February 2021 to call for an immediate halt of development plans and evictions of current residents of the park, citing police mistreatment of the homeless' belongings. A university spokesman said that he was unaware of any reports of police throwing away those belongings. [72]
The 1969 People's Park protest, also known as Bloody Thursday, took place at People's Park on May 15, 1969. The Berkeley Police Department and other officers clashed with protestors over the site of the park, using deadly force.
In an email, Berkeley police officer Byron White identified six "gunfire locations" in the area of the UC Berkeley campus, including the 2400 blocks of Telegraph and Durant avenues; the 2200 ...
A man was arrested Monday in connection with the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle and three other arson attacks at the height of pro-Palestinian protests on the Berkeley ...
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The Berkeley Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department for the city of Berkeley, California, United States. History. Shortly after Berkeley was ...