Oakland Mayor Says Another Officer Being Investigated For Wrongdoing Unrelated To Sex Scandal
Mayor Schaaf said the case is not related to the ongoing investigation into a sex scandal by officers in the Oakland police department.
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Mayor Schaaf said the case is not related to the ongoing investigation into a sex scandal by officers in the Oakland police department.
Oakland's new acting interim chief Paul Figueroa kept a low profile on Thursday and there was a new call for increased oversight of the city's police department.
A group of Richmond police officers is being investigated by their department for alleged relations with an underage girl at the center of a sexual misconduct investigation that started in Oakland and now spans several jurisdictions.
A fifth Oakland police officer has been placed on administrative leave as news that a sexual misconduct scandal has spread to other area departments.
There is new evidence police allegedly gave a teenage prostitute undercover operation intelligence.
The woman goes by the name "Celeste Guap," and she told KPIX she started having sex with police officers when she was just 16.
A rookie Oakland police officer who was fired after his arrest for pulling a gun on a painter at his Emeryville apartment building pleaded not guilty to charges of false imprisonment and brandishing a firearm
The sex scandal involving several Oakland police officers may be more wide-reaching than first reported as word surfaced Monday of an Alameda County Sherrif's Deputy being implicated in the case.
An internal affairs investigation is underway focusing on a sordid tale of several Oakland police officers who allegedly had sex with an underage girl.
The Oakland Police radio system failed Thursday afternoon, and it isn't the first time. It has a rocky history, at times leaving officers unable to communicate with each other during emergencies.
An Oakland police officer is facing misdemeanor charges in connection with an alleged drunken assault on a woman and her husband in December, according to court records.
The rapid growth of the Oakland Police Department could be partly to blame for what officers admit was a slow response to two recent crimes in North Oakland.
Two Oakland police officers have been implicated in a bizarre, drunken home invasion and assault case at the home of an Alameda County probation officer.
Dozens of high school students in East Oakland walked out of class Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of a man armed with a pellet gun on Sunday, a school district spokesman said.
The Oakland City Council reaffirmed the right of members of the public to photograph and videotape police Wednesday evening.
An assault suspect who was fatally shot by an Oakland police officer in a confrontation near Lake Merritt last Thursday morning was identified by police Monday as 30-year-old Yonas Alehegne.
Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent said a female officer fatally shot an assault suspect Thursday morning because the man immediately struck her multiple times with a metal chain when she tried to talk to him.
The three officers who were involved in last week's fatal shooting of a carjacking suspect in Oakland have been identified by the Oakland Police Department.
Family, friends and activists held a vigil Friday night for a man who was fatally shot by Oakland Police officers on Wednesday. They are disputing police findings and accounts from witnesses that he was pointing a gun at officers.
Protesters burned Confederate flags and shut down a freeway in Downtown Oakland Wednesday night, hours after police fatally shot a man suspected in an armed robbery and alleged carjacking attempt.
Just 10 Oakland police detectives work the streets every day. Now, the FBI is stepping in to help.
Speaking at a news conference in Oakland's Fruitvale district near the spot where 18-year-old Ayana Dominguez was fatally shot last July 10, Lt. Roland Holmgren said police will begin putting up posters throughout the city on a regular basis seeking the public's help in solving cold case murders.
Oakland has been a partner city with the federal government in the Violence Reduction Network. The partnership includes FBI assistance in homicide cases, but the feds need more space to work and are paying for a new facility.
The Oakland Police Department is partnering with a mobile developer to promote a personal safety app police say will bring "real-time community policing" to the city.
Bay Area rapper Lil B says that $10,000 was stolen from him after he was kicked out of a hotel room at the Oakland Airport.