Quan's Office Disputes Report Criticizing '100 Blocks' Plan
Mayor Jean Quan's plan to fight crime is under scrutiny, after a new report finds flaws with her "100 Blocks" program.
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Mayor Jean Quan's plan to fight crime is under scrutiny, after a new report finds flaws with her "100 Blocks" program.
Oakland is looking for qualified applicants to join two police academies being held later this year.
A man who was shot by police after he allegedly pulled a gun on them in East Oakland on Wednesday night is in stable condition and is expected to survive.
Oakland police are investigating an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night, a police spokeswoman said.
Oakland police and Alameda County sheriff's deputies are in a standoff with a suspect who has barricaded himself inside a home in Oakland Monday night.
A federal judge has ordered a probe into how the Oakland police investigate officer-involved shootings and is threatening to sanction the department if misconduct is found.
Oakland police joined the family of a Hayward man on Thursday who was shot and killed last weekend to appeal the public for help in solving his murder.
A donation from a private group will help the Oakland Police Department's helicopter spend more time in the air to help catch criminals, Police Chief Howard Jordan said Wednesday.
An undercover operation between the Oakland Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives targeting guns and drugs has resulted in 60 suspects being charged or indicted, according to authorities.
The family of a teen shot and killed by Oakland police earlier this month, after allegedly pointing a handgun at officers, received an apology from Police chief Howard Jordan in a face-to-face meeting.
A man wanted in connection with a home invasion robbery managed to evade Oakland police on Thursday.
The suspects were wanted for various crimes including murder, felony assault, robbery, and burglary, police said. A number of felony probation and parole violators were also arrested.
A suspect who ran from police after a traffic stop and was involved in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday remains at large, Oakland police said Thursday.
Oakland city officials are facing a federal judge's deadline to submit a plan on how it will complete investigations into how the police department handled last fall's Occupy protests.
It promises to be a working weekend for Oakland city leaders who now have until Monday from a federal judge who says they're taking too long to present an internal affairs investigation dealing with police misconduct.
Oakland's police chief and mayor watched from a command center downtown as the events of the May Day protests unfolded in real time a few blocks away, thanks to streaming video cameras carried by several police officers and live webcam feeds posted online by the demonstrators themselves.
While damage wasn't as extensive compared to previous protests, businesses in downtown Oakland were once again trying to recover Wednesday following May Day demonstrations.
Large protests in Oakland on Tuesday to mark May Day were mostly peaceful but 39 people were arrested, city of Oakland officials said Wednesday.
Several people were arrested and thousands of marijuana plants were seized in a massive drug raid Wednesday night at a warehouse in East Oakland, authorities said.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the move comes after residents in the wealthier Oakland hills complained about a lack of officers in their neighborhoods, which have seen an uptick in burglaries.
The Oakland Police Department is changing its crowd management policies after it received more than a thousand complaints stemming from scuffles during last year's Occupy protests.
Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man who kidnapped a woman near Lake Merritt in Oakland and then sexually assaulted her early Sunday morning.
Oakland's police chief is hoping a high tech approach to tracking crime trends can make a big difference for a department that many says is extremely short staffed. This comes as the Oakland Police Department received so many calls for help on Friday that officers couldn't respond to all of them.
The dispatcher on duty during Monday's mass shootings that killed seven people at Oikos University in Oakland handled herself quite well for having only been on the job for about a year.
Residents have said burglaries surged in Oakland over the last year, and some Oakland Hills homeowners said properties have seen multiple break-ins over the past month.
