Tag: OPD

People across Oakland are  reacting with shock and anger this week as news spreads that highly respected community elder Wilson Riles Jr. had been...

The following is an open letter to Oakland Police Department Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, Mayor Libby Schaaf, and City Administrator Sabrina Landreth. The Oakland Black...

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...

Highest paid officer earned $157,000 in overtime, bringing salary to $463,000 Despite promises to reduce costs, Oakland Police Department overtime is projected to cost the...

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...

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...

Racial profiling of African American motorists persists in Oakland despite the years of data-filled reports the Oakland Police Department (OPD) has been required to...

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on Tuesday announced her choices for the new independent Police Commission established by the passage of Measure LL. Voters approved...

We, the undersigned, are concerned by your lack of control over the Oakland Police Department (OPD) and the resulting impact on the African American...

Exposing Racism in Oakland. Photo courtesy of whatshappeningblackoakland.wordpress.com. By Wilson Riles Jr.It was a surprise to me, despite my 38 years of involvement with Oakland...