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Berkeley police officers honored for distinguished service
Officer Darrin Rafferty pins a distinguished service medal on Officer Susan Lee at the Berkeley Police Association Awards ceremony on May 3, 21012. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The Berkeley Police...
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Berkeley crime up 11% in 2012, but longer trend is down
By Lance Knobel and Emilie Raguso Berkeley’s annual crime report shows a one-year increase of 11% in violent and property crimes in 2012. The uptick comes after four consecutive years of lowered...
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Berkeley Police release statement on in-custody death
Photo: Kaia Diringer The Berkeley Police Department released the following statement Wednesday night regarding the death in custody earlier this month of 41-year-old Xavier Christopher Moore. Three...
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Caltrans fence forces homeless to find new camp
People who used to sleep under the Gilman/I-80 underpass are trying to adjust to their new cramped sleeping situation. Photo: Natalie Orenstein Responding to complaints that the homeless people who...
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Officials agree to study Tasers for Berkeley police
Advocates for and against Tasers showed up Tuesday night to speak to the Berkeley City Council. Glenn Turner, in front, says she would rather see an investment in mental health services. Behind her is...
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Violent crime dropped 25% in Berkeley in 2014
Berkeley’s annual crime report is coming up Tuesday night. See the staff report. Image: Berkeley Police Department Police officials will give the Berkeley City Council a broad overview of 2014 crime...
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Mental health calls #1 drain on Berkeley police resources
Thirty-five percent of calls to the Berkeley Police Department are for people who are having a mental health crisis. Here, police officers restrained a man who was later taken for a mental health...
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Teen surrenders after baseball bat attack, police standoff
The Grove Park baseball diamond backstop. Image: Google Maps A 17-year-old male with a baseball bat who authorities say attacked another male, causing potentially life-threatening injuries, then...
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Police disarm suicidal prowler with knife after standoff
Police activity on Dohr and Russell on Tuesday morning: The scene as of about 10:45 a.m. Photo: Kester Allen A 50-year-old Berkeley man who threatened to kill himself as he held a knife to his throat...
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Barricaded man with knife arrested near Cal campus
A barricaded man who was making threats, brandishing a knife and hurling bottles at police shut down a block south of campus Monday night before ultimately being arrested by police after a short...
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Update: Berkeley standoff over; man surrenders
Update, Aug. 11, 4 p.m. Berkeleyside has received some additional information from the Berkeley Police Department about how this call came in. Police said initial reports indicated that the man who...
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Berkeley police defuse disturbance on Woolsey
Police have detained one man after he reportedly challenged officers to a confrontation in South Berkeley on Friday morning. Berkeley Police Officer Ethell Wilson, a department spokesman, said a man...
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Update: Man comes down from sculpture after 5.5 hours
Note: An update about this incident appears toward the bottom of this article. A military veteran reportedly having a mental health crisis climbed on top of the metal bear sculpture at the downtown...
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Berkeley police chief says Tasers would help his officers
Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan told the Berkeley City Council on Tuesday night he believes his officers should be granted the option to carry Tasers, which are not currently allowed under city...
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Man arrested outside Berkeley Whole Foods after brandishing knife, resisting...
At least two Berkeley Police officers are seeking medical care after being injured during the arrest outside a West Berkeley grocery store of a man who had earlier been armed with a knife. The man had...
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Berkeley police emphasize ‘culture of de-escalation’
Two officers pull up to a house in Berkeley. There’s yelling coming from inside: Roommates are fighting about the rent and police have been dispatched to respond. As the officers approach, the...
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Man who threatened family and Berkeley police surrenders after a three-hour...
Berkeley police spent three hours Monday negotiating with a man who had locked himself in his family’s apartment in the 1500 block of Prince Street after threatening to kill officers and harm his...
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Police use negotiators, de-escalation to end West Berkeley standoff
A five-hour standoff last week ended with a woman being taken to the hospital for medical evaluation after several disturbances at her West Berkeley home, police said. The post Police use negotiators,...
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After water rescue in Berkeley, man taken for welfare check
First responders rescued a man in crisis from the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday, then got him to the hospital for a welfare check and medical evaluation, authorities report. The post After water rescue...
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Berkeley police negotiators get suicidal man with knife to hospital
A knife-wielding man in crisis who repeatedly threatened to commit "suicide by cop" eventually agreed to be taken into custody for a medical evaluation after a standoff Wednesday. The post Berkeley...
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