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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.
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.
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The Oakland Police Department updated the public on Tuesday on its effort to reduce violence in the city, as it grapples with an increase in violent crime and shootings.
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After meeting 51 of 52 reforms set out by a settlement in 2003, the Oakland Police Department will go in front of a judge Wednesday to attempt to end its federal oversight.
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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]