BPD

Police: Alert witness helped avert stabbing on Center Street

Police say Dawn Carraway ran toward a stranger, holding a knife in her hand, and planned to stab him from behind in the neck.

Police Accountability Board text scandal review has begun

The board will soon seek applications from members of the public who wish to join the police misconduct inquiry.

Intruder surprises Cal students inside Dwight Way apartment

He is being held at Berkeley Jail on $152,500 bail and is scheduled for arraignment Friday.

Felon charged with shooting at off-duty Berkeley police officer

Authorities believe Marzel Parker used an automatic weapon based on "audio recording from nearby security video and the volume of rounds fired."

UPDATE: Missing Berkeley woman has been found

The missing woman has been located and is safe, police said at about 12:25 a.m.

UPDATE: Gunfire strikes home, cars on Grant Street in Berkeley

Police found no victims at the scene, but witnesses told officers they heard a woman screaming when the shots rang out at about 8:30 p.m.

Chief: Berkeley police have a 'severe staffing crisis'

Berkeley is authorized to hire as many as 181 police officers but has fewer than 120 officers available for full duty as of this month.