According to a report submitted to the Oakland City Council, the city needs almost 200 more police officers to meet its long ...

The Oakland City Council is taking steps to try to close a projected budget gap of more than $100 million for the next fiscal ...

OAKLAND -- Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao wants ... About one-third of the frozen jobs would be sworn police roles. The mayor also wants to delay the start of some city programs and reorganize some ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland has been without a police chief for more than a year, but the prolonged search comes amidst a much larger vacancy crisis facing the city. There are 789 vacant ...

The new recruitment effort also marks a significant ... the average annual cost of an Oakland police officer's annual pay and benefits package was $188,000. Under the new agreement between the ...

The current policy is more than 10 years old, and Newsom said it limits officers from doing their jobs. Oakland Police Commission Chair Ricardo Garcia-Acosta. Jan. 23, 2025 In a public statement ...

that's why we have continuous recruitment open until all of our ... Deputy Director Kiona Suttle, Oakland Police Dept. Last September, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced a $2.5 million investment ...

Throughout 2023 as the monitor reviewed the department’s work on remaining tasks, Oakland’s Police Commission has been handling the recruitment and hiring recommendation process to find a new police ...