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The Oakland Police Department was formed in 1853 by Oakland founder and first Mayor Horace W. Carpentier.Oakland had been incorporated as a town by the state legislature in 1852, and with its rapid expansion, Carpentier felt the need to organize a city government with a police force to provide regular law enforcement.
On February 15, 2023, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced plans to fire the city's current police chief LeRonne Armstrong. [9] [10] On March 27, 2024, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao introduced Floyd Mitchell as the city's newest chief of police, more than a year after the firing of former Chief LeRonne Armstrong. He took office on May 13, 2024.
Oakland has been without a permanent police chief since, even as violent crime, robbery, and vehicle theft climbed in the city of 400,000 across the bay from San Francisco.
From 2018 to 2023, Oakland police paid out roughly $1.7 million for cases involving wrongful death, use-of-force and chases that led to injury, based on data provided by the city attorney's office ...
A former California police chief fired from his post last year has sued the city of Oakland and its mayor, saying he was unlawfully terminated in retaliation for criticizing the federal court ...
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 ...
August 27, 2024 at 7:29 PM. OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland police are responding to an unfolding crime scene at 25th Avenue and International Boulevard where a fatal shooting happened on Tuesday ...
Total crime in Oakland dropped by 41% from 1987 to 2012. In 2012, Oakland had the highest total crime rate of any California city with 20,000 or more people, with 8,587 total crimes per 100,000 residents, compared to a statewide average of 3,182 total crimes per 100,000 people.[8] Property crime in Oakland declined by 58% between 1988 and 2009 ...