Police Mutual Aid MOU Compendium

At a glance

What: The 2026 compendium of memoranda of understanding between the Berkeley Police Department and other law enforcement agencies and private organizations, with the Suspicious Activity Report and the mutual aid requests and responses report.
Where it stands: Adopted July 7, 2026 as Resolution No. 72,376-N.S., all ayes.
Next: Related canine and helicopter mutual aid policy was decided a week later; see Police Canine Deployment Policy.

Item 7, a public hearing. Police contact: Jennifer Louis. 2 speakers.
Close of hearing: Humbert/Blackaby, all ayes. Adoption by the same movers, all ayes, to approve the compendium, accept the Suspicious Activity Report and accept the mutual aid report under existing Council directives.
Same night, consent item 5 adopted Resolution No. 72,374-N.S. approving the 2025 Annual Police Equipment Report under Assembly Bill 481 and Berkeley Municipal Code 2.100, with supplemental material from the Police Accountability Board. Consent item 4 accepted two Edward J. Byrne Justice Assistance Grants for police overtime and community safety work: 2024 local grant of $40,714 (net $36,643 after a 10 percent administrative fee; period October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027), Resolution No. 72,372-N.S., and 2025 local grant of $47,856 (net $43,070), Resolution No. 72,373-N.S.

Compendium approved after public hearing, all ayes.