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Oakland Police Dept. Instagram Meme Scandal Could Keep It Under Federal Oversight Longer

An independent review of the Oakland Police Department's handling of a scandal involving an offensive meme account created by a recently fired officer — and the many still active OPD officers who liked and commented on its posts — has determined that the department still has a lot to learn.

Oakland Police Face New Possible Scandal Involving Social Media Accounts, Racist and Sexist Memes

The Oakland Police Department has reportedly seized as many as 100 city-owned cellphones from officers in a new potential scandal that shows officers allegedly following and liking social media posts promoting racist and sexist jokes, and pro-Trump conspiracy theories.

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

Oakland Police Department Chastised In Federal Court Over Recent Sex Scandal

A judge who ordered reforms and imposed federal oversight on the Oakland Police Department nearly a decade and a half ago took the city and department to task again Monday at least verbally

Yet Another Oakland Police Scandal Leads To Discovery Of Drug Stash

The Oakland Police Department is nothing if not newsworthy, and this week we learn via the East Bay Express of a new story involving a sexual misconduct probe that led internal investigators to

Woman At Center Of Oakland Police Scandal Speaks After Accepting Settlement

The case of the Richmond woman at the heart of a sex scandal that rocked several law enforcement agencies has reached its first stage of resolution. ABC7 reports that 19-year-old Jasmine Abuslin has

Oakland To Settle With Woman At Center Of Police Sex Scandal For Nearly $1 Million

Jasmine Abuslin, the 19-year-old woman at the heart of a drama-filled sex scandal that rocked several Bay Area police departments who previously went by the pseudonym Celeste Guap, will probably settle her lawsuit

Celeste Guap Testifies For First Time Against Accused Oakland Officer In Sex Scandal

The young woman and former sex worker who became widely known as Celeste Guap via salacious news stories about a sex scandal that touched six different East Bay law enforcement agencies appeared as

Oakland Hires Its First Female Police Chief, Anne Kirkpatrick

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has hired the city's first female chief of police, as multiple news sources are reporting this morning, and that is Anne Kirkpatrick, a former chief of Spokane's police department

81-Year-Old Retired Oakland Police Captain To Be Charged In Celeste Guap Sex Scandal

Retired 81yo @oaklandpoliceca capt charged by @ContraCostaDA w/soliciting Jasmine Abuslin, but no charges against any other cops 12p @KTVU pic.twitter.com/QPg28MtvOC— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) November 4, 2016 The Contra

First Mug Shot Released Of Law Enforcement Officer Accused In Jasmine Abuslin Exploitation Scandal

Brian Bunton, an Oakland police officer accused of tipping off Jasmine Abuslin to a coming prostitution sting in exchange for sex, was one of three officers charged last week by Alameda County District

Three More Officers Formally Charged In Oakland Scandal, Including One Who Tipped Off Sex Worker To Sting

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley continues filing the formal criminal charges already promised against seven East Bay law enforcement officers, with three more officers charged on Monday. As KQED reports, those include

Attorneys File $66 Million Civil Suit In Oakland Police Scandal; DA Formally Charges Two

Attorneys for Jasmine Abuslin a.k.a. Celeste Guap filed the first of what may be several lawsuits Friday in Oakland, a $66 million civil damages claim. As KQED reports, this is likely

Celeste Guap Offered Plea Deal On Battery Charge In Florida; Richmond Police Deny Criminal Wrongdoing By Officers

The young woman at the center of a wide-reaching sexual exploitation case involving local law enforcement, Celeste Guap, was charged with misdemeanor battery in a Florida court Monday after her alleged altercation with

Livermore Officer Charged In Celeste Guap Case Speaks Out, Says He Didn't Pay For Sex

Livermore police officer Dan Black, who's one of seven East Bay law enforcement officers being charged by the Alameda County district attorney in connection with the Celeste Guap scandal, spoke via Facebook Messenger

Seven East Bay Law Enforcement Officers Charged In Celeste Guap Scandal

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O'Malley announced Friday that her office would be pursuing multiple charges, including including sex offenses and obstruction of justice, against seven members of three different law enforcement

Oakland Mayor Terminates Four Officers, Disciplines Eight Others In OPD Sex Scandal

Along with City Administrator Sabrina Landreth (who is acting as temporary administrative head of the Oakland Police Department), Mayor Libby Schaaf gave a press conference late Wednesday announcing the disciplining of a dozen

Oakland Suspends Two Police Officers In Racist Texting Scandal

A series of racially offensive texts sent by two Oakland police officers, the revelation of which led directly or indirectly to the removal of the third of three police chiefs in quick succession

Celeste Guap's Grandmother Says Officers Who 'Used' Granddaughter Should Be In Jail

Celeste Guap, the 18-year-old woman at the center of a sex scandal that has rocked the Oakland Police Department but extends to multiple law enforcement agencies including the SFPD, continues to make headlines

SFPD Officer Implicated In Oakland Scandal Allegedly Had Sex With Celeste Guap While She Was Underage

Yet another detail emerges in the ever deepening Oakland Police Department sex scandal: Celeste Guap, the young sex worker at the center of it, revealed via her cell phone records that she first

Oakland Officer's Suicide, And His Wife's Earlier Suicide, Confirmed In DA's Probe

Officer Brendan O'Brien, who committed suicide in September 2015 at the age of 30, has been cleared in the death of his wife a year earlier, who also committed suicide but whose death

Protesters Chain Themselves To Oakland Police Officers' Association

Cops are trying to negotiate the opening of this set of doors so credit union employees can go home. pic.twitter.com/0JWwDkzrVU— Cat (@CatsCommentary) July 20, 2016 Calling for the city of

SFPD Officer Who Had Sex With Celeste Guap Named, Placed On Desk Duty

One of three SFPD officer who allegedly had sex with East Bay sex worker Celeste Guap has been placed on modified duty and transferred out of his station, as the Examiner reports. It's

Dozens Of SFPD Officers Were Connected To East Bay Sex Worker Celeste Guap On Facebook

Though the SFPD has tried to suggest that only a couple of officers had any contact, sexual or otherwise, with the 18-year-old woman at the center of a broad-ranging sex scandal involving both

And Now A Federal Officer Is Accused Of Trying To Pimp The Oakland Teen At Center Of OPD Scandal

The sordid tale of a minor allegedly exploited for sex and trafficked by numerous members of East Bay law enforcement continues to deepen, as we learn today via the East Bay Express that