Special City Council Meeting - 4:00 p.m. Mar 25, 2026

Berkeley City Council / Berkeley Police Department (presentation) · March 25, 2026

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Audio/technical checks and roll call

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Meeting opened with technical troubleshooting and audio checks on Zoom; staff and participants confirmed audio before the presentation began.

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Berkeley Police Department presented its 2025 annual report, citing overall declines in several serious crimes, continued staffing gaps in dispatch and sworn ranks, expanded use of technology (ALPRs, drones, proposed AI triage) and new CSO and flex-team programs; council members and public commenters pressed for more detail on hate crimes, racial disparities in stops and ALPR/Flock privacy concerns.

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