Crime & Security

Report a crime:

981-5900 (Non-emergency—to report a past event or suspicious activity)

911 (Emergency—to report a crime in process or emergency from a landline)

981-5911 (Emergency from a cell phone)

Alameda County:

Hate Crime Hotline: 510-510-208-4824

Human Trafficking Hotline: 510-208-4959

Consumer Protection Number: 510-383-8600

2016 July 6 safety meeting: Officer Brandon Smith’s presentation.

Berkeley Police web pages

• http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/

  • Crimeview - City of Berkeley - you input what types of crimes and what radius locale you're interested in. See also Crimeview icon list

  • Police Open Data Portal

  • Arrest Log

  • Booking Log

  • Community Crime Prevention Alerts

    • 2013 Dec 12 - Robbery Suspects Focus on Smartphones

  • 2012 Dec 20 - Cell Phone Theft

  • 2012 Aug 8 - Robbers Use Craigslist Ads

  • 2011 Dec 15 BPD Crime Alert - Ruses used by thieves

  • Variation of the "Grandparent Scheme"

• FAQ

  • Grafitti abatement: call 311; Public Works 981-6620. See also Fighting Graffiti for a Clean and Safe Berkeley.

  • Protest 101 - a guide to assist anyone interested in organizing or participating in a safe and legal protest, march, demonstration, rally or labor action in the City of Berkeley.

  • Radio dispatch, 24/7

  • http://tunein.com/tuner/?StationId=146563&#

  • Subscribe to BPD Community and Media Releases page

  • Who Are these Suspects? (BPD feature)

  • Our Area Officer: Brandon Smith, BPD Area Coordinator for North Berkeley - 510-981-5773

  • Map of Area Coordinators (2013)

Center for Problem-Oriented Policing

Child Safety

• Teaching Kids to Be Safe Without Making Them Scared

  • Tips for Safety with Strangers and People Children Know

  • Written by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director

  • Five myths about missing children, by David Finkelhor, Washington Post

  • Halloween Safety Tips from the American Academy of Peidatrics

National Crime Map service - very elegant interface.

http://www.crimemapping.com/

Online brochures:

• Seattle Police Dept brochure on personal safety

• http://www.safestate.org/publications/

  • • Home Security, Home Security Hardware, Vehicle Security,

    • Vacation Security, Crime Prevention for Elderly & Disabled

    • Child Safety, Preventing Sexual Assault

Homelessness statistics (2019, Berkeleyside) - https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/07/31/2019-statistical-index-on-homelessness-in-berkeley

A brief history of marijuana laws:

2017 Dec 15: 1st recreational pot-sale licenses issued

"...The licenses mark the beginning of a new chapter in the state’s history. In 1915, the state criminalized the possession of “flowering tops and leaves, extracts, tinctures and other narcotic preparations of hemp or loco weed (Cannabis sativa), Indian hemp.” State marijuana prohibitions led to national prohibition in 1937.

"California legalized cannabis for medical use in 1996 and for all adults 21 and over in 2016. Between 1915 and 2016, California law enforcement made 2,756,778 cannabis arrests, according to the advocacy group California NORML."

[From San Francisco Chronicle article by David Downs, 2017 Dec 15.]