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Oakland Police Officers Ratify Contract With Cuts
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The Oakland Police Officer’s Association voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to ratify a contract that includes a pension cut and two-tiered pay scale. The reworked contract will require...
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Family Of Man Shot By Oakland Police Sues City
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – The family of an unarmed barber who was shot to death by Oakland police is suing the City of Oakland. The $10 million civil rights lawsuit by 37-year-old Derrick Jones’s family...
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Phil Matier: Oakland Police Accused Of Drawing Guns Too Often On Black Suspects
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Oakland police officers are often too quick to draw their guns, especially when confronting African-American suspects, according to a federal court monitor. The monitor, Robert...
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Frustrated Oakland Police Chief Resigns Citing Lack Of Resources
OAKLAND (CBS 5 / KCBS) — Oakland’s police chief told city officials Tuesday it was with “great regret” that he planned to resign next month to take on other opportunities, expressing frustration at a...
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1 Dead, 1 Hurt In West Oakland Shooting
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – One person is dead and another is injured following a shooting in West Oakland Friday afternoon, a police spokeswoman said. The shooting was reported at 12:33 p.m. and occurred near...
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Criticism Mounts Over ‘Occupy Oakland’ Violence; Police Chief Defends Use Of...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) - Oakland’s acting police chief defended the use of force this week during Occupy Oakland protests as national criticism mounted over his and Mayor Jean Quan’s actions in breaking up...
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Banks Targeted In Marches, Rallies During Occupy Oakland General Strike
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Hundreds of protesters marched on the Port of Oakland Wednesday evening as part of a series of organized protests Wednesday. Occupy Oakland‘s call for a ‘General Strike’ drew...
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Occupy Oakland Protesters Warned To Clear Out Immediately
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Oakland police served anti-Wall Street protesters with written notice that they must disband their camp immediately Friday night. Officers distributed fliers to Occupy Oakland...
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Oakland Launches First Police Academy Since Last Year’s Layoffs
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The Oakland Police Department on Monday began its first police academy since the City Council voted to lay off 80 officers in July 2010 in a budget-cutting move. The academy consists...
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Oakland Police OK’ed Using Tear Gas In Occupy Clash
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – Newly released records show Oakland police approved using tear gas on protesters leading to a violent clash with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in late October. The operational...
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Auditor To Investigate Police Response At Occupy Oakland Protests
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has appointed an independent investigator to evaluate the police use of force in responding to Occupy demonstrations. At a news conference Wednesday, Quan and...
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Oakland Unveils ‘100 Blocks’ Strategy To Fight Crime
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – City officials say they’ve stepped up enforcement in a 100 block area in west and east Oakland, where they say 92 percent of the violent crime in the city takes place. Those 100...
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Judge Threatens Oakland Police Department With Federal Takeover
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Dissatisfied with the compliance rate of the Oakland Police Department to mandated reforms, a judge says the scandal-plagued department will go under federal control if it fails to...
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Oakland Mayor Quan Says Occupy Protesters Using City As ‘Playground’
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said she has had it with a small, violent fringe element within the Occupy Oakland protests and claimed it is using the city as a “playground.” Quan spoke Monday...
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Oakland Police Video Shows Protesters In City Hall, Burning Flag
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Police have released surveillance video they say shows Occupy demonstrators breaking into City Hall during the protests in Oakland Saturday night. Oakland police spokeswoman...
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Oakland Recruiting To Fill Positions On Police Force
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The city of Oakland is looking to fill about 40 positions on the police force by recruiting locally. This comes as they are set to lay off as many as 40 employees because of the loss...
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2 Killed In Separate Oakland Shootings
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Two people were killed in separate shootings in East Oakland early Sunday morning, an Oakland police officer said. The first was reported at 12:11 a.m. in the 9700 block of C Street,...
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Oakland’s Police Chief Gives Himself Tough Grade As Violent Crime Rate Rises
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan recently gave himself some low marks for job performance while still sounding an optimistic tone about the future safety of the streets of Oakland....
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OPD Redeploying Officers From High-Crime Areas Back To Community Beats
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – Oakland police are moving extra officers that were redeployed to the city’s most violent neighborhoods back to their community policing beats. The San Francisco Chronicle reported...
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Oakland To Submit Plan On Occupy Investigations To Judge
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – 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...
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