Berkeley police reform work to ramp up in January
Officials are forging ahead with efforts to reimagine policing in Berkeley and voted unanimously Tuesday night to launch a new community task force focused on that work in January.
The Berkeley City Council, Dec. 15, 2020. Photo: COB/Berkeleyside
Officials are forging ahead with efforts to reimagine policing in Berkeley and voted unanimously Tuesday night to launch a new community task force focused on that work in January.
The Berkeley City Council also voted Tuesday to hire the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to oversee the upcoming community process, which is slated to last through June 2022, according to documents from the meeting. Officials approved the $270,000 contract on the consent calendar.
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Members of Oakland defund police task force push for more homicide investigators, dispatchers
By Lisa Fernandez
Henry Lee reports on what each side would like to see.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Five Black community members, some of whom have long been critical of police, and all of whom sit on a task force to reimagine public safety, are imploring Oakland leaders to not simply slash the police budget unless they also find solid ideas for better alternatives.
There are certain elements of policing that are important to keep the community safe, said community activist John Jones III who is formerly incarcerated, a father of three and the current director of community and political engagement at Just Cities.
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1of9The Oakland Police Department investigates a fatal shooting in the 1900 block of 84th Ave. in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. One victim was a 19-year-old male who went by the nickname Lalo. The event left three shooting victims, with two fatalities. This incident marks the 77th and 78th homicides of the year in Oakland.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of9Oakland councilman Loren Taylor (District 6), center, is flanked by Eden Silva Jequinto, left, and Sizwe Andrews - Abakah, right, and others as he meets with Oakland residents at the Akoma Outdoor Market on Sunday, October 18, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Taylor is co-chairing the Reimagine Public Safety Taskforce. At the height of the summer s racial justice protests, Oakland city leaders, like so many of their counte