Jul 27, 2020
Op/Ed: In the Black Lives Matter Era, Police Drones Must Make their Final Landing
Low hanging fruit: ban police use of drones. Great article by Dennis Flores in NYC. Read the article, published by Gothamist:...
Oct 1, 2018
BPD Has Secretly Surveilled Traffic Stops for Decades
Watch in this video as Chief Greenwood answer questions about the BPD secret surveillance of residents (around 30:00 minutes in) for the...
Sep 30, 2018
Watch Lt. Files Explain that the BPD has been Secretly Recording Citizens for Decades without any Po
Video from the September 26 PRC meeting shows Berkeley Police admitting they have been SECRETLY RECORDING citizens for decades without...
Jul 20, 2016
City Council to Discuss Body Cameras for BPD
The Berkeley Police Department will soon get body cameras. The policy on how the cameras will be used will be discussed by City Council...
Jun 15, 2013
Berkeley Police Association Sends Board Member to Monitor Berkeley Copwatch Event
This is an op-ed we have written in response to a plainclothes police officer showing up at our May 30th “Cops or Counselors?” event....
May 15, 2012
Berkeley Must Say NO to Mutual Aid Pacts that Turn BPD into Homeland Security
Berkeley Police Department is currently seeking funding and training from UASI (Urban Areas Security Initiative- a Homeland Security...
Mar 15, 2012
First Steps Victory in SF: Coalition for a Safe San Francisco Takes on JTTFs and Racial Profiling
Coalition for a Safe San Francisco For Immediate Release: San Francisco, March 13, 2012 Ordinance to Prevent SFPD-FBI Abuse Passes Board...
Feb 13, 2012
Oakland Police Get Free Forensic Software to Analyze Occupy Videos
More on Cognitech from SF Chronicle: February 6, 2012 A Pasadena forensic video enhancement software company has donated its technology...
Feb 13, 2012
LAPD Pioneers High-Tech Crime-Fighting ‘War Room’–RACR Relied upon During Recent Occupy LA Showdown
08 Feb 2012: The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room that gives it eyes all over the city. The surveillance hub is now a...
