New police chief

February 15, 2023

Yogananda Pittman took the oath of office today to become UC Berkeley’s new police chief, telling a festive, packed room in Sproul Hall — and East Coast family, friends and former co-workers on Zoom — that she is “ecstatic” to be starting her new role on campus. The former interim chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, who will work and reside nearly 3,000 miles from her previous post, is set to direct a police force of about 140 officers, community safety officers and staff.

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