Tag: Oakland Police Department
Oaklanders Fight for the Right to Watch their Watchmen
Oakland residents are fighting for more power to oversee the actions of the Oakland Police Department (OPD).On April 2, 2019, attorneys for the Coalition...
Families Demand Justice Over Police Slayings
Members of the Oscar Grant family, Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson and Beatrice “Aunt B X” Johnson went to Sacramento Monday to speak in the...
Oakland Black Officers challenge racist culture at OPD
The following is an open letter to Oakland Police Department Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, Mayor Libby Schaaf, and City Administrator Sabrina Landreth.
The Oakland Black...
Police Watchdogs Call for Firing of Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick
The Coalition for Police Accountability (CPA) is calling on Federal Compliance Director Robert Warsaw to fire Oakland’s Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick. Their call comes...
City Awards Police 12.5 Percent Raise, Bypasses Public Input
The Oakland City Council, bypassing opportunities for public input, rushed this week to approve a Schaaf administration agreement with the Oakland Police Officers Association...
Mayor, OPD Face Questions on Continued Racial Profiling
Deputy Chief Leronne Armstrong
Mayor Libby Schaaf’s administration and the Oakland Police Department are facing questions about whether they have a serious plan to end...
Sexual Exploitation Case Dropped Against City of Richmond
The woman at the center of the explosive police sex scandal in 2016 has dropped her lawsuit against the City of Richmond, as of...
Shot Fired Through Window of Post Publisher Paul Cobb’s Home
A gunshot was fired through the window of Post Publisher Paul Cobb’s home last Thursday evening at 9:25 p.m. Neither Cobb nor his wife...
Council Members Will Discuss “Cover-Up” of OPD’s Violation of Sanctuary City...
Students from Aspire Lionel Wilson Preparatory Academy in Oakland spoke at Tuesday evening’s Public Safety Committee, asking the city to uphold its Sanctuary City...
Public Safety Committee Will Discuss “Cover-Up” of OPD’s Violation of Sanctuary...
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is asking the public to attend the Council’s Public Safety Committee to demand transparency of the cover-up of the August Immigration...
