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The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is a law enforcement agency responsible for policing the city of Oakland, California, United States.As of May 2021, the department employed 709 sworn officers and 371 civilian employees.
Floyd Mitchell (born 1967 or 1968) is an American police officer who has served as chief of the Oakland Police Department since 2024. He previously served as chief of the Lubbock Police Department from 2019 to 2023, as well as chief of the Temple, Texas, police department.
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Stops made by the Oakland Police Department plummeted to 19,000 in 2018, down from 32,000 the year prior. Photo: Getty Images
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 ...
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The number of Oakland Police Department officers has varied from a low of 626 (in 1996 and in 2012) to a high of 814 (in 2002). [133] There were 723 officers at the end of 2015. [131] The city's strategic plan recommended 925 officers, and an independent study commissioned by the city in the mid-1990s recommended 1,200 officers. [141] [142] [143]
Newsom noted that the biggest reason for the need of CHP partnership Oakland is because of city regulations prohibiting local city police officers from pursuing criminals unless there is ...