Black individuals are stopped by campus officers at rates far exceeding their share of both the UC Berkeley community and Alameda County’s population.
“The figures cited reflect raw stop data but do not account for the broader population UCPD serves, including a significant number of non-affiliated individuals on an open campus and geographically dispersed UC properties located in the city of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, and Richmond,” UCPD said in a statement. “Comparing total stops to student demographics alone does not provide an accurate benchmark for assessing if there are disparities.”
However, comparing stops of UC Berkeley Black individuals to the UC Berkeley Black community alone shows that Black community members are stopped at nearly three times their share of the campus population.
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✍️: Cam Lippincott
📸: Ella Reed
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