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Local College Aims to Diversify Oakland Police Department Recuitment

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Race, policing and community relations have been topics of national conversation recently. Cities say they want police departments to reflect the diversity of the community. Oakland's police department is trying to hire more officers who live in the city to help improve the department's long strained relationship with the community. One of their partners in this effort is a community college. KQED reporter Tara Siler reports on some of the challenges in getting locals from this city to become cops.

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