The official appointed to oversee Oakland police said the lapses in investigation time were “serious oversights.” ...

Oak Park Public Safety Department officers are using a unique approach to connect with community members, an ice cream truck ...

A California appellate court ordered the release of a third-party investigation into Vallejo’s “Badge of Honor” scandal ...

Two months after Oakland ’s city auditor identified over $1.6 million in excess overtime, the city has continued the payments as it attempts to locate documents that show they are authorized. The city ...

(KRON) — An unidentified woman was attacked and kidnapped on a busy Oakland street on Tuesday afternoon. The woman’s whereabouts and well-being were still unknown on Thursday morning, a… ...

OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department is investigating whether one of its officers began pursuing a car shortly before it barreled into a pole early Monday morning off International Boulevard.

Rates are dropping nationwide, but not so steeply. (In 2013, nearby Oakland’s homicide rate was 23 per 100,000; Detroit’s was 47 per 100,000.) ...

Part of the discussion was around the Oakland Police Department. "Your police department, which is expected to overspend by $51.9 million dollars or 16% of its budget," Bradley Johnson the city's ...

Four Oakland, Calif., police officers known as “the Riders” had been accused of roughing up and arresting innocent people and planting drugs on them, among other crimes, back in the late 1990s.

Thao cut the Oakland Police Department’s (OPD) numbers, reducing the sworn officer count from 728 to 678, according to Oaklandside in August.

Temporary new police presence on the part of the CHP will be no panacea. And there are some worrisome aspects to the Highway Patrol’s less-than-transparent policies on high-speed chases on city ...