UCPD

Yogananda Pittman, who currently serves as the assistant chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, was selected as the new UCPD chief to succeed retiring UCPD Chief Margo Bennett.

Striking UAW academic workers occupied UC Berkeley's Eshleman Hall and California Hall Thursday in a continuation of the ongoing strike activities, while picketers outside voiced support for their respective bargaining teams by chanting and displaying banners on the steps of the halls.

UCPD responded to reports of an aggravated assault at the People's Park Housing Construction site at approximately 7:15 p.m. Wednesday night, according to a UCPD WarnMe alert. 

UCPD responded to an aggravated assault that occurred near Hearst Avenue and Gayley Road at approximately 9:06 p.m. Sunday night, according to a UCPD WarnMe alert. 

Unionized academic workers have been out on strike across the UC system since Monday to protest unfair labor practices and continue to bargain with the university each day of the strike.

UCPD officers arrested a man Thursday night at Unit 3 for an outstanding felony warrant that alleges failure to register as a sex offender. 

A robbery occurred at the Strawberry Canyon Pool parking lot Thursday at 8:50 a.m., according to a 9:31 a.m. Berkeley WarnMe alert.

After an initial email was sent out to students Oct. 14, Treeline Security, a private vendor, has started patrolling Units 1, 2 and 3 regularly at night.

In the coming days, students living in UC Berkeley's residence halls may notice increased patrol presence around Units 1, 2, and 3 from 6:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.

To be a Hispanic-serving institution, or HSI, at least 25% of a not-for-profit institution’s full-time undergraduates must be Hispanic. Today, 21 of the 23 CSU campuses and six of the nine UC campuses with undergraduate education are HSIs. UC Berkeley, currently, is not.