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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The officer approached Taylor and attempted to take the metal bat from his hands. Then, Fletcher used a taser twice before shooting Taylor with a gun. The entire altercation spanned just 40 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s grandmother, Addie Kitchen, asked the judge not to throw out the case on Friday, alleging that Jones Dickson violated her rights as the victim’s representative to timely notice that it would be dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said Jones Dickson told her, for the first time just before filing the motion on Tuesday, that the case was old and she didn’t believe it was winnable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let the jury make the decision,” Kitchen said. “If that was their decision that the officer wasn’t guilty, at least the people in Alameda would make that decision. Not the DA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move is the latest in a series by the DA’s office to rollback progressive reforms made under former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pamela-price\">District Attorney Pamela Price\u003c/a>, who was recalled last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, Jones Dickson has also dismissed charges against law enforcement officers in multiple other high-profile cases, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053158/alameda-da-drops-charges-against-8-involved-in-maurice-monk-case\">the 2021 deaths of Maurice Monk\u003c/a> and Vinetta Martin, who were both found dead in Santa Rita Jail cells in separate incidents. She’s also dropped efforts to resentence some death row inmates \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066093/recalled-alameda-county-district-attorney-pamela-price-says-shes-running-again-in-2026\">after Price revealed that the DA’s office\u003c/a> had covered up efforts to exclude Black and Jewish jurors from their cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson has moved to dismiss manslaughter charges against the former San Leandro Police Officer who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11840071/mental-health-and-racial-justice-why-advocates-want-to-get-police-out-of-crisis-responses\">fatally shot a man in a Walmart store\u003c/a> nearly six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Family members of Steven Taylor, 33, who was shot and killed in 2020, have been waiting years for the trial of former officer Jason Fletcher, whose case has been handed back and forth between county and state prosecutors amid a revolving door of district attorneys in Alameda County in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s supporters said Jones-Dickson’s motion to drop manslaughter charges against Fletcher, 55, abandons “one of the only police accountability cases in Alameda County history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This decision is a slap in the face to Steven’s family, to the community, and to the fight for justice,” supporters wrote on social media on Wednesday. “We will not be silent while the DA shields killer cops from accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 18, 2020, a Walmart security guard alerted police officers that Taylor, who had schizophrenia and bipolar depression, was allegedly attempting to leave without paying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fletcher, who was the first to arrive on the scene, moved toward Taylor, who was carrying an aluminum baseball bat. The officer tried to grab the bat and used a taser before shooting Taylor in the chest with a gun, all within 40 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055752\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Addie Kitchen (center) and Sharon Taylor (center right) chant Steven Taylor’s name at a rally in front of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then-District Attorney Nancy O’Malley brought manslaughter charges against Fletcher, marking the first time her administration elected to prosecute a police officer for a death, according to Cat Brooks, the executive director of the Anti-Police Terror Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After former District Attorney Pamela Price took office in January 2023, Fletcher’s lawyer, Mike Rains, argued that his client didn’t stand to have a fair trial under the former progressive prosecutor’s administration, and a judge turned the case over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036569/alameda-county-da-retakes-police-manslaughter-case-from-state-after-prices-recall\">to California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s family and supporters, though, have long advocated for his case to be tried in the district where it occurred, and earlier this year, Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon returned jurisdiction to Alameda County’s district attorney after Price was recalled from office last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Fletcher’s defense moved to dismiss the case, citing prosecutorial misconduct. He said prosecutors under Price had shopped opinions from several police use-of-force experts who concluded Fletcher’s actions were not criminal, and failed to disclose those opinions to the defense.[aside postID=news_12064150 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1-1020x679.jpg']During the hearing, Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Casey Bates acknowledged misconduct in the office and, in an unusual move, appeared to refuse to oppose the motion, despite continued questioning from Reardon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that there has been outrageous prosecutorial misconduct,” Bates said during the hearing. “I don’t know if it rises to the level of dismissal. I think that’s for the court to decide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reardon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064150/judge-rejects-bid-to-toss-case-against-former-san-leandro-officer-jason-fletcher\">rejected the bid to drop charges\u003c/a>, but now, a month later, Jones-Dickson has filed a motion to dismiss the case altogether, saying her office cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Fletcher’s actions were criminal and out of line with lawful self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fletcher, in a confined space, was confronted by Taylor, who was armed, refused to comply with verbal commands, was tased twice without appreciable effect, and had verbally indicated an intention to force Fletcher to use physical force up to and including his firearm,” the motion reads. “Fletcher was left with no reasonable alternative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addie Kitchen, Taylor’s grandmother, said Jones Dickson told her Tuesday that the case was old and she didn’t believe it was winnable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let the jury make the decision,” Kitchen, who filed a letter asking a judge not to let the charges drop, said. “If that was their decision that the officer wasn’t guilty, at least the people in Alameda would make that decision. Not the DA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, Jones Dickson has undone many of Price’s more progressive reforms and dismissed charges against other law enforcement officers in multiple other high-profile cases, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053158/alameda-da-drops-charges-against-8-involved-in-maurice-monk-case\">2021 deaths of Maurice Monk\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/da-drops-charges-against-2-alameda-county-sheriffs-deputies-over-santa-rita-jail-suicide\">Vinetta Martin\u003c/a>, who were both found dead in Santa Rita Jail cells in separate incidents. The District Attorney’s office dropped charges against eight jail staffers in connection with Monk’s death, and three staffers continue to face charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-JASON-FLETCHER-HEARING-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cat Brooks speaks at a rally in front of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is no surprise then to learn that Ursula [Jones] Dickson, who has vowed to undo every single progressive accountability measure around law enforcement … is making a motion to dismiss,” Brooks said during a press conference outside the Oakland courthouse on Wednesday. She accused the DA of filing the motion while Reardon, who she said has “kept [the case] in the court system,” is on vacation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is egregious, it is vile, it is vicious … it is an affront to what the DA’s office is supposed to do, which is represent the people,” Brooks continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her letter opposing the motion Wednesday, Kitchen said her constitutional rights had been violated since she wasn’t given timely notice. 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For decades, Price has said, the office under prior district attorneys had covered up its practice of excluding Black and Jewish jurors from death penalty cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones Dickson has also dropped what Price called historic environmental justice charges and restructured her landmark Public Accountability Unit, which aimed to review police misconduct cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think the residents of Alameda County understood that they were going to go back to the days when Black people and Jewish people were not allowed to serve on juries — that’s the danger that you have,” Price said during a press conference on Wednesday. “When the police got to tell the district attorney what she or he should or should not do, that’s the danger. 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Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She said on her 100th day in office that her main goals were increasing efficiency and accountability to victims and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The DA’s position is not a political position,” Jones Dickson said in an apparent dig at Price. “The goal is to be an elected public servant. We stay in our lane, we keep the main thing the main thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/05/death-penalty-alameda-resentencing/\">\u003cem>CalMatters\u003c/em> first reported\u003c/a> last week that Jones Dickson has sought to withdraw motions Price filed to resentence four people on death row following a mandated review of 35 death penalty cases in Alameda County last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ordered the review based on evidence that prosecutors had systematically struck Black and Jewish jurors from cases dating back to the 1980s. Last year, Price revealed notes written by prosecutors highlighting the race and ethnicity of potential jurors in the case of Ernest Dykes, whose \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/11995937/alameda-county-da-seeks-new-sentences-for-3-people-on-death-row-amid-misconduct-record-destruction-claims\">release was reset\u003c/a> for this month under Price.[aside postID=news_12042069 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-04-1020x680.jpg']Price said Wednesday that Jones Dickson’s decision to drop the resentencing efforts was an attempt to cover up prosecutorial misconduct. She has alleged that her predecessor, Nancy O’Malley, also ignored evidence of such misconduct to protect the reputation of the district attorney’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an officer of the court and someone who has sworn to uphold the Constitution, Judge Jones Dickson has an absolute duty to ensure that justice is done for those men,” Price said. “We all have a right to the rule of law and not have it compromised by corruption or nepotism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Accountability Unit, which Price created to review police misconduct cases and called a “reckoning” for Alameda County, has also been restructured under Jones Dickson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department has been renamed the Public Integrity Division, and its procedures will more closely resemble O’Malley’s prosecutorial practices, spokesperson Haaziq Madyun \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/07/new-alameda-da-shakes-up-unit-that-pamela-price-created-to-prosecute-cops/\">told the \u003cem>Mercury News\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, Price attempted to relitigate a case against three Alameda police officers in the death of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez, an unarmed man who died after being pinned down by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She filed charges just days after the recall campaign against her qualified for last November’s ballot, and her office took heat after the cases against two of the three officers were dismissed for missing the three-year statute of limitations to file charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price speaks at a press conference on Oct. 10, 2024, at Everett & Jones Barbeque in Oakland’s Jack London Square. The event, hosted by Protect the Win, was part of Price’s anti-recall campaign. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Price has also criticized the district attorney’s office for dropping an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042069/alameda-county-da-defends-dismissal-of-case-tied-to-toxic-fire-in-west-oakland\">environmental justice case\u003c/a> she brought against Radius Recycling, formerly Schnitzer Steel, over a 2023 fire that prosecutors said spread toxic smoke throughout the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price’s office had charged the company and two leaders of its West Oakland scrap metal processing plant with recklessly managing hazardous materials, including aged vehicles and appliances, and later trying to cover it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones Dickson said her office dropped the case after finding that it did not meet high evidentiary standards.[aside postID=news_12034231 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20161112_181430-qut-1020x765.jpg']“The bottom line is we can not move forward ethically on a case that we cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the case was reviewed along with others in the consumer division, some of which had been delegated out to a contracted law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had not seen that before — a law firm being hired by a district attorney to do the work of DAs,” Jones Dickson said, adding that it was a concern to the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones Dickson said she could not comment on whether the office would bring a civil case against Radius Recycling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to questions about her motivation for speaking out against Jones Dickson, Price confirmed she isn’t planning to mount another campaign for office or a recall effort against her successor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason that I feel it’s important [is] that the public should understand what is truly happening,” she told reporters. “It became clear in the last few days, and certainly with the 100-day report, that there are some things that the public needs to know about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a new direction. 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Holley was taken to Santa Rita Jail with bail set at $150,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holley, who was on felony probation at the time of the attack, is charged with felony assault likely to cause great bodily injury, resisting a police officer and causing injury, according to Alameda County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024318/alameda-countys-next-da-will-be-named-today-heres-what-to-know\">District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson\u003c/a> — charges that drew praise from the Oakland police officers union. His arraignment was rescheduled for Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we are asking the police to protect us, then we must also protect them when they are the victim of an unprovoked assault,” Jones Dickson, who campaigned on a promise to improve public safety, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Today, we have filed felony assault charges that reflect the outrageous nature and seriousness of the case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huy Nguyen, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, said Jones Dickson is showing people that “there is a new district attorney in the county.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12027613 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson speaks during a press conference at the René C. 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Last year, the city announced that it would be laying off several non-sworn Police Department employees, curbing overtime spending and closing two police academies for the remainder of the fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OPD has contracted from more than 800 officers a few years ago to 675, and because more than 100 officers are out on leave, the number that can actually respond to calls for service is much lower, Nguyen said.[aside postID=news_12033381 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00156_qed-1020x680.jpg']“The Police Department continues to shrink, and it creates a much more challenging work environment for our officers,” he said. “We’re unable to respond to calls from community members. That’s an issue that we need to fix, especially if we want to gain their trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers fail to respond to calls or respond too late, the tension between residents and officers only gets worse, Nguyen said, adding that last week’s attack suggests that people are less concerned about being held accountable for their actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation is dire for both residents and officers who might be targeted amid mounting frustrations, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s violent crime rate, which includes homicide, aggravated assault, rape and robbery, was nearly 20% lower last year than the year prior, falling from 7,900 violent crimes to 6,361, according to OPD’s \u003ca href=\"https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1743494392012\">end-of-year crime report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Nguyen said that comparing crime rates to record highs is not an indicator that public safety is improving. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The Police Department continues to shrink, and it creates a much more challenging work environment for our officers,” he said. “We’re unable to respond to calls from community members. That’s an issue that we need to fix, especially if we want to gain their trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers fail to respond to calls or respond too late, the tension between residents and officers only gets worse, Nguyen said, adding that last week’s attack suggests that people are less concerned about being held accountable for their actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation is dire for both residents and officers who might be targeted amid mounting frustrations, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s violent crime rate, which includes homicide, aggravated assault, rape and robbery, was nearly 20% lower last year than the year prior, falling from 7,900 violent crimes to 6,361, according to OPD’s \u003ca href=\"https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1743494392012\">end-of-year crime report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Nguyen said that comparing crime rates to record highs is not an indicator that public safety is improving. The focus instead should be on making Oakland a place where people feel safe and comfortable, and that is not the case, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community members don’t see what our officers are facing, but we also understand the challenges our community members are facing,” Nguyen said. “I understand the frustration when they call, and we don’t respond in a timely manner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bkrans\">\u003cem>Brian Krans\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alameda-county\">Alameda County\u003c/a>’s new district attorney begins to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024972/how-alameda-countys-next-district-attorney-wants-shape-office\">reshape the office\u003c/a> in her first days on the job, former lead prosecutor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pamela-price\">Pamela Price\u003c/a> sat down with KQED to discuss the obstacles she faced during last year’s recall election and the concerns she has for the county’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017506/these-maps-show-where-pamela-price-lost-the-most-support-from-voters-in-the-recall-election\">was recalled\u003c/a> less than two years into her term, facing criticism for what some residents said was her office’s ineffectual response to rising crime rates in cities such as Oakland. As a progressive prosecutor, she was vocal about pursuing alternatives to mass incarceration and reforming the county’s justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many residents are hopeful that District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson, a former judge, will do more than her predecessor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024575/alameda-countys-new-da-says-people-are-a-little-tired-of-nothing-happening\">to improve public safety\u003c/a>, there are some who are concerned that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013987/after-voter-backlash-whats-next-for-the-criminal-justice-reform-movement\">criminal justice reform movement\u003c/a> will be set back, especially as Jones Dickson begins reversing some of Price’s directives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public will have to wait and see how it works out,” Price told KQED. “We have to wait and see what the new district attorney is able to accomplish, but she certainly will have the foundation of all the things that we were able to do over the last two years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the policies Price implemented was a charging directive that requires prosecutors to get supervisory approval before pursuing sentence enhancements, especially for juveniles. The policy was meant to improve accountability and transparency on the part of prosecutors, Price said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones Dickson rescinded that and several other Price directives on Wednesday, including one that established stricter guidelines for prosecutors seeking to charge minors in adult court. It was one of Jones Dickson’s first official acts after being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027507/jones-dickson-takes-office-as-alameda-county-da-vows-to-prioritize-victims\">sworn in last week\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-AlCoDASwornIn-30-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson speaks during her swearing-in ceremony at the County Administration Building in Oakland on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Price argued that her policies allowed supervisors to check the validity of a particular charge or sentence request, making it less likely to be thrown out due to accusations of discrimination in a challenge under the California Racial Justice Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a conviction is tainted by racial bias, it has to be overturned,” Price said. Jones Dickson “doesn’t have to take my policy, but you need to have a policy. Otherwise, public safety is definitely at risk because people can be let go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods called the policy reversal troubling, saying that it could allow a prosecutor with minimal experience to charge young people as adults without any oversight, potentially resulting in more Black and Brown children entering the adult system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022612 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00005.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cristine Soto DeBerry, executive director of the nonprofit Prosecutors Alliance Action, said she hopes that Jones Dickson will consider other measures to ensure that prosecutors are judicious with sentence enhancements. Data shows that harsher sentences do little to reduce crime rates, DeBerry said, adding that the office needs to be innovative if it wants to effectively address public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Putting more people in jail for longer periods of time is not the answer, she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Jones Dickson said during her campaign that she is not opposed to finding alternatives to incarceration and to pushing for reform efforts, those initiatives will not be her primary concern as district attorney. She has repeatedly emphasized that her first commitment is to support victims of crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are effective ways to do both, Price countered, pushing back on the idea that her office didn’t do enough for victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of victims’ advocates in the district attorney’s office increased by 35% during her tenure, Price said. Her office also made significant headway in addressing a backlog of victim compensation applications that existed prior to her election and in reorganizing support systems for victims and witnesses, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008946\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price at a press conference on Oct. 10, 2024, at Everett & Jones Barbeque in Oakland’s Jack London Square. The event was part of Price’s anti-recall campaign. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My office certainly did a great deal of work and created tremendous advances for victims in this county,” Price said. She added that she had plans to do more before her term was cut short by the recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every district attorney needs time to adjust to the role and to figure out what problems there are in the office, Price said, calling the public outcry that she faced so soon after starting her term a disservice to her administration and to the county. When it comes to addressing a backlog of cases and figuring out how to best work with prosecutors and other agents in the system, it takes time to find the proper footing, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price plans to discuss the issues facing Alameda County — including those that will need to be addressed by the new district attorney — on a new podcast she is launching Tuesday titled “Pamela Price Unfiltered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she is unsure of what Alameda County’s future looks like. But whether or not it swings in a more conservative direction on crime and public safety, Price noted that Jones Dickson will need to figure out how to reconcile her approach to justice with what’s demanded of her by different groups — including the law enforcement unions that recommended her for the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">\u003cem>Alex Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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