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An armed suspect held a person hostage at a store in East Oakland for several hours before letting him go unharmed and eventually surrendering peacefully, police said early Thursday evening.
A triple shooting in Oakland has left at least one person dead just blocks from another triple shooting one day prior.
An Oakland man suspected in a shooting on Interstate Highway 580 in Oakland last week has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday.
Police and fire crews rescued a man from a van on fire while it rolled down an I-880 offramp Thursday morning.
A newly-released report criticizes Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and former police chief Anne Kirkpatrick over the fatal police shooting of Joshua Pawlik.
Oakland city councilmembers resolved on Thursday to put a measure to strengthen the police commission before voters in Noveber.
In a late night vote Tuesday, the Oakland City Council were deadlocked on whether to slash millions from the police budget with Mayor Libby Schaaf casting the deciding vote, hours after vandals sent her a message loud and clear.
In a late night vote Tuesday, the Oakland City Council were deadlocked on whether to slash millions from the police budget with Mayor Libby Schaaf casting the deciding vote, hours after vandals sent her a message loud and clear.
A recent uptick in gun violence in Oakland may be due to civil unrest, gangs and conflicting groups among other reasons, police said Thursday.
Demands by residents to defund the police were heard Tuesday by Oakland City Council members who will now revisit the budget they approved last week.
A federal judge has temporarily placed limits on the Oakland Police Department's use of tear gas, flash bangs and rubber bullets on protesters.
An Oakland City Councilwoman said Sunday night on social media that she will propose reallocating at least $25 million from the city's police department.
As Americans continue to protest the death of black Americans at the hand of law enforcement officers, many are calling for either police reform or a defunding of police departments.
A group of Oakland City Council members called for an indefinite suspension of the use of tear gas to control and disperse crowds during the ongoing protests and amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Oakland police on Monday had their fourth employee test positive for COVID-19, the department announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Oakland City Council began the process this week of placing a ballot measure on the November ballot that, if approved, would bolster the independence of the commission that conducts oversight on the Oakland Police Department.
Five Oakland police officers who were fired last year for their roles in the fatal shooting of Joshua Pawlik in Oakland in 2018 have been reinstated because the Oakland Police Commission violated open meeting laws, the officers' lawyers said.
The city of Oakland has tentatively agreed to pay $1.4 million to the family of a homeless man with mental health issues who was fatally shot by Oakland police officers two years ago.
A man and woman died in a solo vehicle crash early Sunday morning at at Seventh Street and Frontage Road along I-880 in West Oakland, police said.
Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf has selected Susan Manheimer, former San Mateo police chief and longtime Bay Area police veteran, as the new chief of the Oakland Police Department, a city hall official confirmed to KPIX on Monday.
A member of the Oakland Police Department has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the department's first reported case.
Recently fired Oakland police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick and City Councilman Noel Gallo are both calling for a change in the 17-year-long federal oversight of the city's Police Department.
About 200 Oakland police officers gathered at their police union headquarters late Tuesday morning to say an emotional goodbye to police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick.
The search is on for the next police chief in the city of Oakland even as questions surrounding the Thursday-night firing of Chief Anne Kirkpatrick linger.
Oakland police say they are close to catching the man responsible for a hit-and-run that killed an Oakland mother, but they still need the public's help. Police recovered the suspect vehicle on Monday.
