6 People Shot In Oakland In 90 Minutes
Police say at least six people were wounded in a spate of shootings around east Oakland within a span of 90 minutes.
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Police say at least six people were wounded in a spate of shootings around east Oakland within a span of 90 minutes.
That's part of the deal that passed the City Council, but the hiring will barely keep pace with the attrition rate on the police force.
Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts said he wants to "build an organization that's fast, bold and quick" even though the number of officers in the department has dropped dramatically.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan cast the deciding vote Thursday night as the Oakland City Council approved a budget for fiscal 2012 by a narrow 5-4 margin only hours before its deadline.
Now that Oakland's labor unions have agreed to tentative concessions, a worst-case all-cuts budget appears to be off the table, and dozens of officers could get their jobs back.
A class action lawsuit was filed against the Oakland Police Department and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office Monday alleging that they violated the rights of 150 people who were arrested after former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle was sentenced last Nov. 5.
Oakland's finest received awards for excellent service involving both police and the community.
Many police agencies are turning to wearable cameras for their officers to help document arrests and counter video images that police agencies often claim just tell one side of the story.
The legality and the effectiveness of gang injunctions are being tested in Oakland. Around 40 gang members have been named in a proposed injunction that covers the city's Fruitvale district.
The family of an Oakland man killed by police in January is demanding an investigation into his shooting death.
The aunt of a man killed Wednesday in an officer-involved shooting described her nephew Friday as a lively, fun-loving person and expressed anger about the circumstances surrounding his death.
Oakland police officers shot and killed one man and wounded another late Wednesday night.
Oakland officials have agreed to continue supporting the city's gang injunctions.
Stressing that nothing would be finalized until the middle of the summer, Oakland police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said reorganizing the criminal investigation division, known as CID for short, "would make us more efficient."
East Oakland residents took to the streets on Friday with the support of Police Chief Batts to take a stand against prostitution and crime.
Oakland police have arrested 36 people in an effort called "Operation Spring Cleaning" that is aimed at reducing violence in their city, police Chief Anthony Batts said Friday.
A convicted thief who had been living inside an unoccupied home in the Oakland hills has been arrested in connection with more than 10 burglaries.
Several hundred family members, friends and colleagues paid tribute Thursday to the 51 Oakland police officers who have died in the line of duty since 1867.
Police are investigating two suspects in a shooting that sent an Oakland man to the hospital Saturday evening.
On Friday, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan will announce a new budget that may include layoffs of more police officers. Investigators who are already overwhelmed with an increasing number of murder cases say it's likely to get worse.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has spent the last couple of days in Detroit, exploring ways to end a federal judge's control over her police department.
Problems that have plagued the Oakland Police Department's radio communications system off and on this year struck again Thursday, preventing officers in the field from talking to one another or dispatchers for about two hours.
The Oakland Police Department and the SPCA say they have just about completed the proper training for sergeants on how to respond to calls involving wildlife in the wake of some high profile incidents involving animals.
Residents of two neighborhoods along Oakland's International Boulevard held a rally Thursday night to fight back against the pimping and prostitution—particularly of young girls.
After months of problems with its radio communications, the Oakland Police Department is rolling out an entirely new system that will make Oakland one of the first Bay Area cities to be interoperable with other agencies.
