From the article: "...There is definitely opposition to the new rules, with the Berkeley Police Association opposing the reforms and issuing a statement that they “will turn officers into filing clerks, gutting their much-needed time on the streets within our community.”
While people can question whether a policy for Berkeley works in Davis, Arreguín convened a working group last year on the issue of fair and impartial policing. A 2018 study by the Center for Policing Equity found that “Black and Hispanic people were more than six times more likely than white people to be stopped by the Berkeley Police Department while driving and more than four times more likely to be stopped while walking..."
By David Greenwald
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