Mental health

Berkeley police respond to report of woman in crisis

BPD said the woman reportedly had a stick and a knife but was not brandishing them.

Man with knife confronts cops, put on psychiatric hold

Police say the man stabbed at the windshield of a cruiser where an officer was sitting at about 2:15 p.m.

Berkeley police search for suspect in Claremont stabbing

BPD lifted the shelter-in-place advisory just before 9:40 p.m., according to a Nixle alert. Police are still looking for suspect Byron DeCles.

Dawn Carraway charged with felony assault of woman, 78

Police wrote that Carraway seemed to be "experiencing a psychiatric episode" when she shoved the woman down on Shattuck Avenue.

'Erratic, violent': Berkeley Hills murder suspect has dark past

A police officer described Jonah Roper's behavior as "erratic, violent and sexually inappropriate" after he broke into his mother's home in 2021.

Berkeley SCU, a crisis team without cops, starts Tuesday

Dial 510-948-0075 to reach the Specialized Care Unit, a new team slated to serve anyone in Berkeley in need of free crisis support.

Woman wanted in arson series arrested amid vandalism spree

Police have described Dawn Carraway previously as "a local unhoused person that has been contacted in the past for violence."