The recall of Sheng Thao and the election of Barbara Lee have more eyes and expectations on the mayor’s office. But the job ...

OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell wants to cancel a 2022 rule that some residents say makes it harder for police to chase suspects.

Longtime postal carrier Pearl Leverette Taylor was honored as about 35 postal vehicles were led by a police escort from Royal ...

A lieutenant with the special victims unit of the Oakland Police Department on Wednesday said it was community tips that led them to locate an abducted child who was taken the day before.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied qualified immunity to two Oakland police officers accused of provoking a deadly ...

Stephen Shames' photos go on view in 'Black Panthers & Revolution: The Art of Stephen Shames' at Amar Gallery.

Ohio State women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff, the Big Ten’s 2024 coach of the year, was charged with operating a vehicle ...

A Roadmap for Oakland," reveals a systemic breakdown of accountability within the Oakland Police Department. Just last year, officers claimed nearly 456,000 hours of overtime—over 170,000 hours ...

We will deliver high quality public safety and foster stronger community-police relationships, rebuilding trust and repairing the culture of OPD. By addressing public safety, homelessness, and ...

(KRON) — The Oakland Police Department has begun encrypting its radio communications, cutting off access from the public and media. According to a department spokesperson, the move is to ...

but in the coming months the Oakland Police Department will retreat into its own private, encrypted channels — out of sight from the public. The process, which was scheduled to begin last Monday ...

but in the coming months the Oakland Police Department will retreat into its own private, encrypted channels — out of sight from the public. The process, which was scheduled to begin last Monday ...