Tag: police
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...
Public Forum: “To Protect and Serve, How to Fix America’s Police”
Author Norm Stamper, Measure LL organizer Rashidah Grinage, police expert Deacon Reginald Lyles and host Lakeshore Baptist Church Pastor Jim Hopkins at July 26...
Judge Henderson, Overseeing Oakland Police Reforms for 13 Years, to Retire
Thelton Henderson, the federal judge who has overseen the reform of the Oakland Police Department for over a dozen years and has a long...
Op-Ed: Civilians Should Oversee the Police
By Larry C. White Jerry Brown was mayor of Oakland in 2003 when the Oakland Police Department was put under the supervision of federal Judge...
Four Police Officers Fired, Seven Others Suspended in Police Sex Crime...
The City of Oakland this week concluded its administrative investigation of the sex crime scandal involving over a dozen Oakland Police Department (OPD) officers,...
Mayor Schaaf Accused of Promoting Acting Police Chief Without Notifying Public
Concerns are being raised that Mayor Libby Schaaf has promoted Oakland Police Department (OPD) Acting Assistant Chief David Downing to a position as permanent...
Did Mayor Schaaf Intimidate Council Members to Vote to Enhance Her...
Only two members of the City Council – Desley Brooks and Rebecca Kaplan – were willing to stand up for a motion to deprive...
Oakland City Council to Vote on Police Commission Tuesday, July 26
Nearly 100 people showed up to speak at Tuesday’s city council meeting in support of a strong, independent police oversight commission in Oakland, which...
Council Members: OPD Must Recruit Local Residents, Women and People of...
A proposal advocating changes to the Oakland Police Department’s recruiting practices passed unanimously this week at a packed Public Safety Committee meeting. “We have for...
Hotline Established for Police Whistleblowers to Report Corrupt Officers in Oakland
Police accountability activists this week established an anonymous hotline for whistleblowers to report “corruption, misconduct and predatory policing” within the Oakland Police Department (OPD). The...
