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Oakland’s police commission broke open-meeting laws. The commission still hasn’t fixed it.
The public ethics commission hasn’t ruled on the matter yet — ten months after the incident — and its enforcement chief admits that they have no way to…
Sep 10
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Alex Montana
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Which violent crimes become news?
A review of one year of Oaklandside’s public safety coverage shows how a changing local news landscape can affect what readers see.
Sep 2
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Rajni Mandal
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Oakland’s Achilles heel — Letters to the editor
Wondering why a council member behaves like a nightclub act; who’s missing from the Sheng Thao witness list?; gross mismanagement at Oakland Unified …
Aug 25
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland’s fire department is using GPS to improve emergency response. What about police?
The fire department’s implementation of GPS-based dispatch provides a possible model for a policy that remains unresolved at the police department.
Aug 23
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Rajni Mandal
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Oakland police could exit federal oversight soon. What comes after?
As Oakland approaches what could be the final court hearing in the longest-running federal police oversight case in the nation, a new city position is…
Aug 18
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Rajni Mandal
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Oakland still has the #1 property crime rate in America
Oakland also still has the #1 violent crime rate in California — and the lowest reported rate of solved crimes of any major city in the nation…
Aug 15
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland has the #1 property crime rate in America
Oakland also has the #1 violent crime rate in California — and the lowest rate of solved crimes of any major city in the nation.
Aug 2
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Sean S. Reinhart
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‘Oakland’s greeting card’: Fox Theater anchors Uptown economy the city is belatedly moving to protect
The landmark performance venue anchors a district of dozens of bars and restaurants, and pays over $157,000 per year into neighborhood safety and…
Jul 14
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Eric Urbach
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Oakland proposes closing streets to stop prostitution on ‘The Blade.’ But past barricades just moved the problem.
Council member Charlene Wang’s proposal to barricade 9th, 10th, and 11th Avenues has no cost estimate and no baseline data.
Jul 7
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Selective sourcing: Oaklandside's article on police overtime
Fact check and commentary on Oaklandside’s recent article, “Residents hope OPD’s rampant use of overtime will be addressed in new police union contract”
Jul 5
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Rajni Mandal
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Oakland’s new First Fridays safety plan began last month. Late-night crime still spiked.
Street closures and stepped-up city presence did appear to help reduce the unsanctioned after-hours street takeovers in front of the Fox Theater that…
Jul 3
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland police spent less per crime than other cities — and spent more per resident
Oakland’s police officers carries the heaviest and most severe caseload among 14 neighboring and comparable cities, at the lowest cost per crime.
Jul 1
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Alex Montana
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