Oakland police

Residents of Oakland, California are left with a feeling of fight-or-flight as The Town's crime rate soars with carjackings, assaults & more.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland, California, police department asks officer applicants to disclose whether they have been sexually assaulted, which appears to be a rare and potentially problematic inquiry, a newspaper reported Sunday. The San Francisco Chronicle queried police in the state’s 10 most populous cities and could not find another instance of screening […]

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Raucous demonstrations hit Berkeley’s streets for a second straight night as protesters angered by police killings in Missouri and New York clashed with officers, vandalized businesses and even fought with each other, officials said. Sunday’s protest began peacefully on the University of California, Berkeley, campus but eventually grew rowdy and spilled […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — City officials have agreed to relinquish broad power over the embattled Oakland Police Department to a court-appointed director to avert what would be an unprecedented federal takeover. As part of a tentative deal announced Wednesday, the compliance director could seek approval from a judge to fire the police chief. U.S. District […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — City officials have agreed to relinquish broad power over the embattled Oakland Police Department to a court-appointed director to avert what would be an unprecedented federal takeover. As part of a tentative deal announced Wednesday, the compliance director could seek approval from a judge to fire the police chief. U.S. District […]