Berkeley Police Deparment

On Wednesday, a 29-year-old man was arrested on Haste Street after allegedly approaching a 19-year-old campus student and grabbing her buttocks. 

On May 3, Berkeley Police Department officers arrested a suspect who allegedly committed various acts of antisemetic vandalism across multiple days.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 22 into law, a bill requiring law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in California to promptly test all newly collected rape kits.

The Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, gathered Wednesday for its regular meeting to discuss surveillance use policies, budget summaries and the use of spit hoods by the Berkeley Police Department, among other items.

Two individuals were arrested and had firearms confiscated by Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, officers April 29 in separate incidents following vehicle searches.

The bicyclist involved in a traffic collision in West Berkeley on Wednesday morning is in "critical, but stable" condition, according to Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Officer Byron White.

The Berkeley Police Review Commission, or PRC, recommended changes to a policy that was implemented by the Berkeley Police Department on April 5 and is designed to protect sex workers by allowing individuals to come forward to report violent crimes without fear of being prosecuted for prostitution or misdemeanor drug offenses.

The city of Berkeley paid nearly $1 million in overtime pay to compensate its 911 dispatchers in 2017, revealing gaps in Berkeley’s ability to meet state guidelines when responding to emergency calls, according to a recent report.

Downed power lines led to the partial closure of Tunnel Road in South Berkeley on Tuesday morning, according to a Nixle alert released by Berkeley Police Department.