SF Politics Fired Oakland Police Chief Turns Whistleblower, More OPD Drama On the Way Ousted chief Anne Kirkpatrick has already been replaced (twice!) and now cites “inappropriate and unlawful conduct” by the Oakland Police Commission.
SF News Oakland Police Chief Fired After Spats With Police Commission The newly emboldened, three-year-old Oakland Police Commission has fired the city's chief of police, Anne Kirkpatrick, following extended tensions and a decision to exonerate five police officers whom the commission wanted to fire.
SF News Widow Of Oakland Police Officer Dies From Car Accident, Organs Donated To Save Lives Angela Dunakin – the wife of Sgt. Mark Dunakin, who was among the four Oakland Police Department officers fatally shot in the March 21st, 2009 police shooting – was involved in a fatal car crash, this past Sunday.
SF News Charges Dismissed For All But One East Bay Officer Connected To Sexual Exploitation Of Celeste Guap In the latest update in the sexual misconduct and exploitation case that roiled the Oakland Police Department and affected several other law enforcement departments over the last year and a half, an Alameda
Arts & Entertainment 'The Force' Lays One Of America's Most Troubled Police Departments Bare Peter Nicks's is a cinema verit-style documentary focused on the Oakland Police Department as things stood shortly after the arrival of then-police chief Sean Whent in 2014. At that point, the Oakland
SF News Day Around The Bay: Two Oakland Police SUVs Burst Into Flames Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here San Francisco's vote count was finally, officially certified on
Arts & Entertainment Larry Wilmore Mocks Oakland's Police Chaos; Former Prostitute Speaks Out About Her Assault Case Against OPD "There's a crazy situation going on in Oakland right now," says comedian Larry Wilmore. "And for once it's not Raiders fans." Now that Oakland cycled through three police chiefs in nine days and
SF News State Says It's OK For Oakland To Put Civilian In Charge Of Police; Sergeant On Leave Was Fired Before The mess in Oakland's law enforcement community only deepens with each day, and Monday there was a brief dustup between Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and the California state commission on peace officer standards
SF News Oakland Police Sex Scandal Blows Up Further With Details From Formerly Underage Prostitute News arrived late Thursday that Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent was being forced to resign amidst a sex scandal, even though Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf billed the resigned as being for "personal reasons.
SF News Oakland Speakeasy Raided After Months-Long Undercover Op After receiving many complaints from Oakland neighbors about illegal alcohol sales, drug use, and loud music played well beyond the mandated 2 a.m. last call, an unlicensed basement club at 36112th Street
SF News Refrigerator Full Of Weed Blazes In Oakland A blazing refrigerator full of weed sent area firefighters to an East Oakland warehouse this morning, but so far, the owner of the pot and the cause of the fire remain a mystery.
SF News $7,500 Reward For Capture Of Tattooed Man Who Sexually Assaulted Six-Year-Old A $7,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of a man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl after luring her from an Oakland school. The Oakland Police Department
SF News 'Mutilation And Mayhem' In Oakland After Man Allegedly Kills Roommate With Pick-Axe Last Friday was quite a night for professional recycler Jeff Girard. According to Oakland police, he began his evening with “a lot of alcoholic beverages," and ended it trying—and failing—to dismember
SF News Oakland Police Headquarters Literally In The Crapper All day Tuesday, the Oakland Police Department's headquarters on Seventh Street in downtown Oakland were closed to the public due to severe flooding from an overflowing toilet on the third floor. An employee
SF News Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan Announces Retirement Routinely criticized Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan announced his retirement today. Effective immediately, his he is on medical leave. In a statement sent to OPD, Jordan writes: "To the members and civilian staff
SF News Quote Du Jour: Tupac And The Oakland Police Department Fifteen years ago today, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. His murder remains steeped in questions and controversy. However, while the Oakland artist was alive, he tossed off the following
SF News In an Especially Deadly Year, Oakland Rehires 24 Laid Off Cops In the budget passed on June 30, the City of Oakland managed to find funding to rehire 24 of the 80 police officers it laid off last year. More officers have also been
SF News Did Police Use Excessive Force at Merhserle Verdict Protest? Some members of the National Lawyers Guild and a smattering of community activists claim the Oakland Police Department "used excessive force in responding to a large protest after the verdict in the trial
SF News 80 Oakland Police Officers to Lose Jobs at 5 p.m. In an effort to reduce a $31 million deficit, a whopping 80 officers from the Oakland Police Department will lose their jobs today. "Hopes appear to be fading but they are not gone
SF News Two Women Murdered in Oakland Hooker Hotel KCBS is reporting on the discovery of two women's bodies last night in a room at the Value Inn on West MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland, one of a strip of motels frequented by
SF News Images: Memorial of Slain OPD Officers Photographs of the makeshift memorial for Mark Dunakin, John Hege, Ervin Romans and Daniel Sakai, the four officers gunned down by Lovelle Mixon on Saturday, March 21.
SF News Oakland: Early Morning Hit-And-Run Kills Woman So far there is no description of the car or person that killed the woman. Of course, if any of you were up at that hour, kicking it in Oakland and might have
