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# TBS Today, June 27
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/06/27/newsletters/tbs-today-june-27/
- Published: 2023-06-27T17:29:26.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-27T17:29:26.000Z
- Description: How many officers does Berkeley need?
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

Berkeley police and BFD both have interesting items on tonight's City Council agenda. 

We also have a report on a hit-and-run crash and the criminal charges that followed.

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### Today's news

[How many police does Berkeley need? New analysis to find outDespite ongoing recruitment efforts, the Berkeley Police Department is experiencing an “unprecedented staffing crisis.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)Emilie RagusoThe Berkeley Scanner![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/06/shooting-lo-cost-narrow-BI6A4756.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/06/27/policing/how-many-police-officers-does-berkeley-need/)

[Driver charged with hit-and-run injury crash in BerkeleyWitnesses followed the driver, Misty Bancroft, until police arrived to arrest her, court papers show.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)Emilie RagusoThe Berkeley Scanner![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/06/IMG_9598.JPG)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/06/27/traffic-safety/berkeley-hit-run-crash-driver-charged/)

[‘Failing’ Berkeley fire station alert system needs $1.6M fixThe system “frequently malfunctions which causes delays in the dispatch of responders, or responders completely missing a notification.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)Emilie RagusoThe Berkeley Scanner![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/06/berkeley-fire.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/06/27/berkeley-fire-department/berkeley-fire-emergency-alerting-system-failing/)

### In case you missed it

[Police arrest kidnapping, sex crime suspect near UC BerkeleyPolice arrested Wilmer Guerrapena, 28, on suspicion of kidnapping to commit a sex crime, assault with intent to commit rape and other crimes.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)Emilie RagusoThe Berkeley Scanner![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/06/Wilmer_Guerrapena.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/06/27/uc-berkeley-crime/berkeley-police-arrest-kidnapping-suspect-wilmer-guerrapena/)

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