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Berkeley’s Police Review Commission, or PRC, voted unanimously Wednesday to create a subcommittee to study policy concerning warrants.

California State Sen. Nancy Skinner introduced two bills regarding police reform Monday⁠ — one to expand police transparency and the other to reduce police scope.

The Berkeley Police Department responded Sept. 20 at 10:25 p.m. to a report from Whole Foods Market on Telegraph Avenue of an unconscious man at the store.

The Police Review Commission met Wednesday to say goodbye to two commissioners and discuss policy 1301, which concerns the use of GPS tracking data. 

Berkeley’s Police Review Commission, or PRC, introduced a new member of the commission, learned that Commissioner Terry Roberts would be leaving the team at the end of July and discussed police surveillance policies at its regular Wednesday night meeting.

Discussion surrounding recommendations for Berkeley City Council and the city manager about police spit hood use policy dominated discussion at Wednesday night’s regular Police Review Commission, or PRC, meeting.

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.

Berkeley's Police Review Commission, or PRC, discussed its collection and analysis of stop data, or data relating to police stops and searches, and the passage of Lexipol policies at its regular Wednesday night meeting at the South Berkeley Senior Center.

The Police Review Commission, or PRC, revised its agenda-setting policies and elected chairpersons for 2019 at its regular Wednesday meeting Jan. 23.

As the Police Review Commission, or PRC, seeks to fulfill its task as Berkeley’s main police oversight body, it continues to face criticism from the community and grapples with its limited power.