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I AD lh Las Pe a a RS SRS °°" Si te nS a a es USN v2 Aer giant ne 4 > 't 2) ic) w oO 'y O th it i] io (} ; tr ig] om et 5 E oO J > ys] 3 d cme For COMMUNITY conTROL oF POLICE SUMMARY OF BERKELEY POLICE CONTROL AMENDMENT < > This amendment to the City Charter would give control of the : police to community elected neighborhood councils 50 that those whom the police should serve will be able to set police policy and standards of - conduct, '. -, “The amendment provides for community control of the police by. establishing separate police departments for the three major communities | in Berkeley: the Black community, the campus community and the pre-— dominantly white area, The departments would be separate and autonomous,’ They can by mutual agreement use common facilities. Each department will be administered by a full-time police commissioner(s). The c ommis- sioners are selected by a Neighborhood Police Control Council of fifteen. members from that community elected by those who live there. a Benen - The Councils shalt have the power to discipline officers for oe catia. breaches of Department policy or violations of law. They may direct nel their police Commissioner to make changes in Department-wide policy. The Council can recall the Commissioner appointed by it af any time it finds that he is no longer responsive to the community. The community can recall) the Council members when they are not responsive to it. All police officers must live in the Department they work in. . ee areeanadd peng thet lta Oe crypy OUTS * Aen ¢, AL eile area) eps VIRGIAMA te eee UNIVERSITY