Special Berkeley City Council Meeting: Improving Police, Community Relations

Information submitted by Berkeley Mayor’s Office:

The Berkeley City Council will hold a Special Meeting on Saturday, Jan. 17, on Improving Police and Community Relations. The meeting – beginning at 10 a.m. at the Ed Roberts Campus, 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley -- is a follow-up to a City Council Special Meeting that heard from a large number of citizens at Longfellow Middle School on Dec. 16.

The Jan. 17 meeting will consider how we can improve community and police relations, address our response to what occurred in Ferguson, Missouri, and beyond, and produce positive steps the City Council can pursue. The agenda is designed to hear from a wide range of voices and move our community conversation forward. It includes:

1. Public Comment

2. Report from Oakland’s Town Hall on police-community relations

· Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson

3. Facilitated Panel Discussion;

• John a. powell – UC Berkeley professor of law and Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society
• Jack Glaser – UC Berkeley professor and author of the recently published book Suspect Race: Causes and Consequences of Racial Profiling
• Sheila Quintana – Principal of Berkeley’s alternative high school, Berkeley Technology Academy
• Jinho “The Piper” Ferreira – Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy and writer/performer in a solo show, “Cops & Robbers”

4. Legislative Panel Discussion:

• Congresswoman Barbara Lee
• State Senator Loni Hancock
• State Assemblymember Tony Thurmond

5. City Council Discussion

6. Public Comment

Contact: Sbeydeh Viveros Walton, sviveros@cityofberkeley.info, 510-981-7101

Previously on Patch:

• Police Arresting Dozens of Protesters Outside Oakland Police Headquarters
• Mayor Says Berkeley City Council to Hear Public Comments in Wake of Protests
• Protesters Against Police Brutality Chained Across I-880 Ramps, Blocking Entrance to OPD Building
• Group Claims Responsibility for Effigies
• Oakland P.D. Overtime Budget for Protests Escalating
• March in Berkeley Leads to Confrontation on Oakland Highway, Looting
• Civil Unrest in Berkeley Ends
• Protesters Condemn Police Tactics While Berkeley City Officials Call for Calm
• Protestors in Oakland Rally Against Lack of Indictment in NY Death in Custody
• Oakland Police Made More Ferguson Protest Arrests Than Any Other City in U.S.
• ‘Blackout Black Friday’ Protesters Arrested After Chaining Themselves, Blocking BART Trains
• UPDATED: Protesters Blocking Traffic on I-5 in La Jolla Walk Off
• Oakland Police Call in Additional Help for Third Night of Protests
• Police Arrest, Cite Protestors Who Blocked Part of I-580, Vandalized Property Tuesday
• Oakland Police Chief Says Officers Performed ‘Well’ During Ferguson Verdict Protests
• Police Arrest More Than 40 Vandals During Oakland Protests Monday Night
• Protestors in Oakland Arrested After Announcement on Fatal Missouri Shooting
• No Indictment for Officer Wilson in Shooting Death of Michael Brown
• Stanford Students Walk Out Of Classes Today For Ferguson Protest March

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