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Students and residents press council on campus security contracts and community-policing models
Summary
Public commenters, including a UC Berkeley undergraduate, urged the university and city to end private security contracts and to improve data transparency and alternative-response models; commenters also highlighted youth supports and community-policing gaps.
Multiple members of the public spoke during the reimagining update and CityGate briefing, raising concerns about campus private-security contracts, data sufficiency for alternative-response programs and the need to prioritize community policing. Anaya Sher Gil, introduced herself as an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley and said private security contractors "are not required to provide identification" and urged the university to end those contracts until more accountability is in place.
Other speakers called for more and better data about SCU calls and outcomes, greater collaboration between SCU and police (noted by a public commenter who reported repeated referrals between SCU and police on the same incident), and renewed investment in prevention and community-based services. A local reporter, Emily Ragusa, also praised BPD's public-information efforts while noting room for improvement in timeliness and access to records.
