Berkeley Police Department

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Berkeley_Police_Department
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkbp:address 2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
gptkbp:badgeNumber numeric
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs civilian staff
sworn officers
gptkbp:established 1909
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Berkeley Police Department
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Berkeley,_California
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Jennifer_Louis
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Berkeley,_California
gptkbp:motto Service with Respect, Justice with Compassion
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:People's_Park_protests
Free Speech Movement policing
gptkbp:notableFor first police department to use scientific methods in policing
first to require college degree for officers
first to use lie detector
first to use police radios
pioneering modern policing
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:August_Vollmer
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Berkeley_Police_Accountability_Board
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:City_of_Berkeley
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Berkeley,_California
gptkbp:serves gptkb:City_of_Berkeley
gptkbp:state gptkb:California
gptkbp:type gptkb:local_government
gptkbp:website https://www.cityofberkeley.info/police/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:City_of_Berkeley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6