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In 2008, Oakland agreed to pay $2 million to 16 women, all Asian, who alleged being groped, harassed, or victimized by a member of the Oakland Police Department. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] After a criminal trial, former Officer Richard Valerga was sentenced to six months in jail.
A federal judge on Friday ordered that the Internal Affairs division report directly to the Oakland police chief, a ruling that also extends the oversight of the department, which has been under ...
Official website. The Chief of the Oakland Police Department is an office held by the executive head and highest-ranking officer of the Oakland Police Department. The chief was first established in 1853. The chief manages and oversees the planning, development and implementation of all law enforcement and crime prevention programs for the City.
Delphine Allen et al. v. City of Oakland (also known as the Riders Case or Riders Scandal) was a civil rights lawsuit in Federal District Court regarding police misconduct in Oakland, California which has resulted in ongoing Federal oversight. [1] Plaintiffs alleged mistreatment at the hands of four veteran officers, known as the "Riders", who ...
The Oakland Police Department has been under federal oversight for two decades in the wake of a police corruption scandal in the early 2000s. The federal judge overseeing the case placed the ...
Police Chief Floyd Mitchell credits some of Oakland's crime decreases to the city's Ceasefire program that targets the repeat offenders and offers at-risk community members social services as well.
06-53000. GNIS feature IDs. 277566, 2411292. Website. www.oaklandca.gov [ 15 ][ 16 ][ 17 ] Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. [ 13 ] A major West Coast port, Oakland is the ...
While the crackdown seems to be showing some results — recent reports from the Oakland Police Department show a 33% reduction in crime in 2024, compared with the same time last year — the ...