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Four officers, known as the “Riders,” were accused of beating, planting evidence and falsely arresting West Oakland residents, and engaging in intimidation, beatings, kidnapping and racial discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260929-phillipburtonfederalbuilding-00133_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260929-phillipburtonfederalbuilding-00133_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260929-phillipburtonfederalbuilding-00133_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260929-phillipburtonfederalbuilding-00133_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The department agreed to a federally mandated consent decree that required it to implement 51 organizational reforms related to the use of force, discipline, supervision, training and internal affairs investigations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>James Chanin, who has represented the plaintiffs in the case, called the department’s change since then “astronomic.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They’re a much different department than they were. It’s like night and day,” he told the court on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Initially, court oversight was expected to last between five and seven years. 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Warshaw reported that the department had fallen out of compliance with its requirement to investigate serious misconduct allegations in a timely manner, leaving open the possibility that Orrick would keep OPD under the court’s watch longer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The settlement requires OPD to complete at least 85% of internal affairs investigations related to “the most serious allegations of misconduct” within 180 days of reporting. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Between January and March of this year, though, Warshaw found that just 77 of 93, or 83%, of these investigations were completed in time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both Chanin and plaintiffs’ other attorney, John Burris, said that while they were disappointed by the slip, they both supported ending the negotiated settlement agreement, or NSA.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have been involved in pushing this rock up the hill for 23 years, and every time we got close, it’s fallen back down,” Burris told the court. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today, I am hoping to say we’ve pushed this rock as far as we can … and it’s up to the city to push it [the rest of the way].”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s not about today, it’s about tomorrow,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Brigid Martin, Oakland’s special counsel, said in response that the city “has absolute certainty about what will happen tomorrow, and then next day and the day after that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“NSA compliance is not a temporary obligation; it is the core of Oakland’s police operation,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12061256\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Beere, who was selected as Oakland Police Chief this year, speaks at a press conference at Oakland City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025 (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland Police Chief James Beere said that the department had to make “hard decisions” between completing investigations within a 180-day timeline and achieving the thoroughness required in complex cases.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The expectation for our investigation is not an excuse, but the expectations are not the same as they were twenty years ago,” Beere said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Orrick said that while missing the investigation timeline matters, he believes Beere and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s leadership will hold the department accountable.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today is not a ceiling, it’s a floor,” Warshaw said in court. “The city should see this not as the end of something, but as a new beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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They alleged that a group of officers known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891855/oakland-police-departments-brutality-corruption-and-cover-up-and-long-road-toward-reform\">the Riders\u003c/a> planted evidence and falsely arrested them, and engaged in intimidation, beatings, kidnapping and racial discrimination. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2003, the parties reached a settlement that required OPD to pay $11 million in restitution and implement 51 operational reforms related to the use of force, discipline, supervision, training and internal affairs investigations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12017328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Oakland Police Department on Nov. 12, 2016. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The Riders scandal sowed deep mistrust toward Oakland law enforcement, as OPD worked to reform its culture amid repeated \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/04/10/high-ranking-oakland-cops-including-deputy-chief-face-serious-discipline-for-allegedly-botching-investigation/\">missteps\u003c/a>, backsliding, a revolving door of police chiefs and multiple city administrations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After finally \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085228/oakland-police-judge-clears-path-for-possible-end-to-federal-oversight\">coming into compliance\u003c/a> with all 51 tasks in May, it appeared that OPD was on track to be released from oversight this week. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is the first time in 23 years that OPD has achieved each of the 51 tasks in the [settlement agreement],” Orrick said during the spring hearing. “No one can say, ‘mission accomplished.’ But I do congratulate the city and OPD for getting this far.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But court-appointed monitor Robert S. 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Between January and March of this year, 77 of 93, or 83%, of these investigations were completed in time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The timeliness of [Internal Affairs Bureau] investigations is an important issue in the [negotiated settlement agreement],” Warshaw wrote. “Members of the public, as well as sworn and non-sworn employees of the Department, are entitled to learn of the results of investigations that are overseen by the Internal Affairs Bureau.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In response to the report, Oakland’s Coalition for Police Accountability, a civilian-led advocacy group, submitted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4496116/1767/allen-v-city-of-oakland/\">letter\u003c/a> to Orrick, urging him not to release the department from oversight or add additional conditions to its decision. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Other cities have exited federal oversight only to back-slide,” the letter reads. “OPD did not bother to prioritize compliance at such a critical juncture; it seems naively optimistic to expect more energetic efforts if they are left to answer to no one.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the letter, the coalition accused the city of underfunding its police commission, an independent oversight body, which will assume responsibility for auditing OPD’s accountability to reforms if court oversight ends. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If OPD is released this week, the coalition argued, it should require that the city provide funding to fully staff the Office of the Inspector General, the police commission’s monitoring arm. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The [negotiated settlement agreement] has been a 23-year project that represents an enormous amount of time and money for the City, and decades-long commitment by plaintiffs, and the Court,” the letter reads. “To terminate now, without necessary funding for independent civilian oversight, would jeopardize all that work.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The commission wrote in its \u003ca href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.41858/gov.uscourts.cand.41858.1768.0.pdf\">own statement\u003c/a> to the court that they too believe their funding levels “do not provide the institutional resources the work demands.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, other activist groups have urged the court to end its oversight. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12046794\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland Police Department Vehicle in Oakland on July 1, 2025. 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>In response to the report, Oakland’s Coalition for Police Accountability, a civilian-led advocacy group, submitted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4496116/1767/allen-v-city-of-oakland/\">letter\u003c/a> to Orrick, urging him not to release the department from oversight or add additional conditions to its decision. \u003c/p>\n",
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They alleged that a group of officers known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891855/oakland-police-departments-brutality-corruption-and-cover-up-and-long-road-toward-reform\">the Riders\u003c/a> planted evidence and falsely arrested them, and engaged in intimidation, beatings, kidnapping and racial discrimination. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2003, the parties reached a settlement that required OPD to pay $11 million in restitution and implement 51 operational reforms related to the use of force, discipline, supervision, training and internal affairs investigations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12017328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Oakland Police Department on Nov. 12, 2016. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The Riders scandal sowed deep mistrust toward Oakland law enforcement, as OPD worked to reform its culture amid repeated \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/04/10/high-ranking-oakland-cops-including-deputy-chief-face-serious-discipline-for-allegedly-botching-investigation/\">missteps\u003c/a>, backsliding, a revolving door of police chiefs and multiple city administrations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After finally \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085228/oakland-police-judge-clears-path-for-possible-end-to-federal-oversight\">coming into compliance\u003c/a> with all 51 tasks in May, it appeared that OPD was on track to be released from oversight this week. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is the first time in 23 years that OPD has achieved each of the 51 tasks in the [settlement agreement],” Orrick said during the spring hearing. “No one can say, ‘mission accomplished.’ But I do congratulate the city and OPD for getting this far.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But court-appointed monitor Robert S. Warshaw’s progress report earlier this month found that OPD had again fallen below the threshold for timely investigations into severe misconduct violations, threatening that decision. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The settlement requires that at least 85% of internal affairs investigations related to “the most serious allegations of misconduct” should be completed within 180 days of reporting. Between January and March of this year, 77 of 93, or 83%, of these investigations were completed in time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The timeliness of [Internal Affairs Bureau] investigations is an important issue in the [negotiated settlement agreement],” Warshaw wrote. “Members of the public, as well as sworn and non-sworn employees of the Department, are entitled to learn of the results of investigations that are overseen by the Internal Affairs Bureau.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In response to the report, Oakland’s Coalition for Police Accountability, a civilian-led advocacy group, submitted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4496116/1767/allen-v-city-of-oakland/\">letter\u003c/a> to Orrick, urging him not to release the department from oversight or add additional conditions to its decision. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Other cities have exited federal oversight only to back-slide,” the letter reads. “OPD did not bother to prioritize compliance at such a critical juncture; it seems naively optimistic to expect more energetic efforts if they are left to answer to no one.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the letter, the coalition accused the city of underfunding its police commission, an independent oversight body, which will assume responsibility for auditing OPD’s accountability to reforms if court oversight ends. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If OPD is released this week, the coalition argued, it should require that the city provide funding to fully staff the Office of the Inspector General, the police commission’s monitoring arm. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The [negotiated settlement agreement] has been a 23-year project that represents an enormous amount of time and money for the City, and decades-long commitment by plaintiffs, and the Court,” the letter reads. “To terminate now, without necessary funding for independent civilian oversight, would jeopardize all that work.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The commission wrote in its \u003ca href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.41858/gov.uscourts.cand.41858.1768.0.pdf\">own statement\u003c/a> to the court that they too believe their funding levels “do not provide the institutional resources the work demands.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, other activist groups have urged the court to end its oversight. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12046794\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland Police Department Vehicle in Oakland on July 1, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Safe Oakland, a coalition of Oakland civil rights, faith, business and neighborhood leaders, wrote its own letter expressing “strong support” for concluding the settlement agreement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“For twenty-three years, a federal court has held Oakland to the standard of constitutional policing,” Safe Oakland wrote. “The time has come for Oakland to hold itself to that standard, and for the community to share in that responsibility. We stand ready to do our part.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Warshaw also expressed confidence in the city, despite the recent backslide: “Mayor [Barbara] Lee and her administration, as well as Chief [James] Beere, who is now the permanent Chief of Police, and OPD’s executive team, have worked diligently to foster a culture of accountability,” he wrote in his September report. “City leadership remains an imperative part of the sustainability process, and we are encouraged by the commitment of the Mayor and her team.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In their statement to the court, attorneys for the plaintiffs John Burris and James Chanin harshly criticized the department for falling behind in compliance, calling it “incomprehensible and bitterly disappointing that OPD is once again in this position.” However, they acknowledged a transformation of the department and strides made, and urged the court to end the settlement agreement in its current form. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They have asked the court to end their role in the case, and for Orrick and Warshaw to continue their oversight for one more year, without them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Burris told KQED that while personally, he hasn’t come to a conclusion about whether he thinks OPD should be released Tuesday, he’s hopeful that the city now has the right people in place to hold the department accountable without outside interference. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I will say this: At some point, the department has to run itself, and the city has to be responsible,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> City Council members voted Tuesday to advance a proposal that would give hefty raises and bonuses to police officers, despite some residents’ concerns about skyrocketing expenses amid a budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The tentative deal negotiated by the police union and city staff, \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/News-Releases/Oakland-Reaches-Tentative-5-Year-Agreement-with-Oakland-Police-Officers-Association\">announced last month,\u003c/a> would increase base wages by 14% over five years and offer longevity premium pay aimed at retaining and attracting qualified personnel to the understaffed department. The City Council plans to give the proposed salary changes a second reading on Oct. 6, a required step before the ordinance can take effect. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City staffers praised the development as a compromise, with officers agreeing to pay more for their pension and healthcare costs. The city currently covers 100% of healthcare premiums for police rank-and-file as well as managers. Under the agreement, Oakland Police Officers’ Association members would contribute 10% to their employee healthcare by 2030 and an additional 3% to their pension later that year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These agreements strike an important balance between supporting officer retention, improving public safety and protecting the city’s long-term financial stability,” City Council President Kevin Jenkins said in a statement before the vote. “These contracts help the city remain competitive while recognizing the service of the officers who serve our community every day.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12038002\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland Police Department squad car in downtown Oakland on April 28, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But residents who packed the council’s chambers on Tuesday voiced concerns that the deal’s total cost would overprioritize police over other needed services like trash pickup and fixing potholes, and leave fewer funds for lower-paid city employees who are still negotiating labor contracts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a nod to concerns that police-overtime spending has often gone over budget by millions of dollars in recent years, employees would need written agreement from the police chief or his designee to earn compensatory time off when working overtime. But many Oaklanders said greater controls are needed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We got to make sure we are doing what’s best for the city,” said John Jones III, a longtime community activist, after noting that dozens of officers \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/oakland-police-overtime/\">made more than $200,000\u003c/a> in overtime alone in 2024. “I know what’s best for my soon-to-be-12-year-old son, and it is not just throwing tons of money at OPD because there are other needs that our children need as well in this city. Please hold them accountable on this.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some councilmembers questioned city staff on the long-term costs of longevity premium pay and whether the overtime pay process had been corrected. The directors for human resources, Mary Hao, and the finance department, Bradley Johnson, responded that the police department has recently decreased overtime costs, while the incentives to retain officers would be largely covered by employees contributing more to healthcare and pensions benefits.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The additional savings the city has regarding those benefit costs more than offset the additional increases, leading to a total package that, over the course of the five years, is affordable within a reasonable estimation of the city’s budget,” Johnson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife asked why the tentative agreement also includes a clause that would allow police officers to benefit from even-higher-percentage raises in the future if other employee unions negotiate them for their members. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I just disagree,” said Fife, whose district includes West Oakland and downtown. “This feels like apples and oranges, because some of our highest-paid staff are in the Oakland Police Department. So how do we compare that with someone in SEIU who is working at a library that’s a temporary part-time worker?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the end, councilmembers voted 7 to 1 to move the proposal forward, with Fife casting the lone dissenting vote. The move comes after San Francisco and its police union earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/police-fire-union-contract-poa-sf-city-budget-deficit/\">agreed\u003c/a> to give officers a 14% pay increase over four years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A city study by the Office of the Inspector General shows the department is \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/inspector-general/documents/published-reports/pfm-llc-opd-staffing-study.pdf\">370 officers short\u003c/a> of what it needs to be fully staffed. Out of 603 sworn officers, only 507 are available to work on any given day, according to the Oakland Police Officers’ Association.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want police officers to stay in the city, to serve,” said Sgt. Huy Nguyen, the union president. “This is a significant time for our officers to see that there is a structure of support from our city government that appreciates the men and women of this agency who go out there and provide service to our community at a very challenging time.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049035\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1-1536x1078.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland police officer walks by patrol cars at police headquarters on Dec. 6, 2012. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nguyen said that officers recognize the city is in a financial crisis and made concessions on benefits to which other city employee unions have not agreed. He acknowledged that the proposed longevity premium pay — which was previously paid as a lump sum — would be added to salary, with compounding impacts for raises and pensions. Those premiums would reach up to 15% of base wages for those with 20 or more years of service.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a time when police departments nationwide are struggling to recruit officers, Nguyen said the pay incentives are crucial to ensure the department can respond in a timely way to 911 calls.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our community members deserve better. They deserve a responsive police department, meaning an adequately staffed police department where, when they call, that police officer will show up, versus waiting for hours or even days until a police officer shows up,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City staffers estimated the recent labor agreement would cost \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15830813&GUID=72FEF3E1-F781-456B-A057-F8D4C71E9343\">an additional $88.9 million \u003c/a>in wages and premiums over five years, after savings in benefit costs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Anne Janks, an advocate with the Coalition for Police Accountability, said she is disappointed that the public has not had a real chance to weigh in on the tentative deal or get more information about it. She doubted the city’s cost estimate factored in pay for nonunion officers and pension costs, which if true means the total could be higher. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This contract as proposed, it’s going to be a major, major hit on our budget,” said Janks, an Oakland resident for more than 25 years. “The question is, is it going to accomplish what they are proposing? That it’s gonna do retention? Let’s have a really open discussion about how much it’s actually gonna cost.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Policing is Oakland’s most expensive city service, with a \u003ca href=\"https://stories.opengov.com/oaklandca/3ce39ec8-ff7a-4ac4-9b21-3d6501715f3c/published/ua7_mOgX9?currentPageId=686ea3412dc9751cf6e6ee47\">$410.6 million budget\u003c/a> this fiscal year. The tentative labor agreement comes as the city faces annual \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14218302&GUID=DF96B4E0-3176-48D2-8DC3-55C9B4608017\">budget shortfalls\u003c/a> of about $120 million until 2030, and increased scrutiny over its police-overtime spending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oaklandside \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/oakland-police-overtime/\">reported\u003c/a> earlier this year that a single lieutenant was paid more than $490,000 in overtime in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The cops are already well paid — the overtime is ridiculous — there wasn’t a transparent process. And the other piece of this is they have 45 officers sitting at home pulling a paycheck for months because they are waiting for disciplinary hearings,” said Jose Dorado, a former Oakland police commissioner from 2017 through 2021. “We need better management, better deployment.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland police officers receive base pay ranging between about $106,000 to $148,000 per year, plus additional pay incentives, according to a department recruiting \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinoaklandpd.com/\">website\u003c/a>. That’s above what some officers in the state make but in line with what police in other Bay Area cities earn. The mean annual wage for police and sheriff’s patrol officers in California is about $112,000, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/oes333051.htm\">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n",
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The City Council plans to give the proposed salary changes a second reading on Oct. 6, a required step before the ordinance can take effect. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City staffers praised the development as a compromise, with officers agreeing to pay more for their pension and healthcare costs. The city currently covers 100% of healthcare premiums for police rank-and-file as well as managers. Under the agreement, Oakland Police Officers’ Association members would contribute 10% to their employee healthcare by 2030 and an additional 3% to their pension later that year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These agreements strike an important balance between supporting officer retention, improving public safety and protecting the city’s long-term financial stability,” City Council President Kevin Jenkins said in a statement before the vote. “These contracts help the city remain competitive while recognizing the service of the officers who serve our community every day.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12038002\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland Police Department squad car in downtown Oakland on April 28, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But residents who packed the council’s chambers on Tuesday voiced concerns that the deal’s total cost would overprioritize police over other needed services like trash pickup and fixing potholes, and leave fewer funds for lower-paid city employees who are still negotiating labor contracts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a nod to concerns that police-overtime spending has often gone over budget by millions of dollars in recent years, employees would need written agreement from the police chief or his designee to earn compensatory time off when working overtime. But many Oaklanders said greater controls are needed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We got to make sure we are doing what’s best for the city,” said John Jones III, a longtime community activist, after noting that dozens of officers \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/oakland-police-overtime/\">made more than $200,000\u003c/a> in overtime alone in 2024. “I know what’s best for my soon-to-be-12-year-old son, and it is not just throwing tons of money at OPD because there are other needs that our children need as well in this city. Please hold them accountable on this.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some councilmembers questioned city staff on the long-term costs of longevity premium pay and whether the overtime pay process had been corrected. The directors for human resources, Mary Hao, and the finance department, Bradley Johnson, responded that the police department has recently decreased overtime costs, while the incentives to retain officers would be largely covered by employees contributing more to healthcare and pensions benefits.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The additional savings the city has regarding those benefit costs more than offset the additional increases, leading to a total package that, over the course of the five years, is affordable within a reasonable estimation of the city’s budget,” Johnson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife asked why the tentative agreement also includes a clause that would allow police officers to benefit from even-higher-percentage raises in the future if other employee unions negotiate them for their members. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I just disagree,” said Fife, whose district includes West Oakland and downtown. “This feels like apples and oranges, because some of our highest-paid staff are in the Oakland Police Department. So how do we compare that with someone in SEIU who is working at a library that’s a temporary part-time worker?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the end, councilmembers voted 7 to 1 to move the proposal forward, with Fife casting the lone dissenting vote. The move comes after San Francisco and its police union earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/police-fire-union-contract-poa-sf-city-budget-deficit/\">agreed\u003c/a> to give officers a 14% pay increase over four years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A city study by the Office of the Inspector General shows the department is \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/inspector-general/documents/published-reports/pfm-llc-opd-staffing-study.pdf\">370 officers short\u003c/a> of what it needs to be fully staffed. Out of 603 sworn officers, only 507 are available to work on any given day, according to the Oakland Police Officers’ Association.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want police officers to stay in the city, to serve,” said Sgt. Huy Nguyen, the union president. “This is a significant time for our officers to see that there is a structure of support from our city government that appreciates the men and women of this agency who go out there and provide service to our community at a very challenging time.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049035\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/OaklandPoliceCar_qed-1-1536x1078.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oakland police officer walks by patrol cars at police headquarters on Dec. 6, 2012. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nguyen said that officers recognize the city is in a financial crisis and made concessions on benefits to which other city employee unions have not agreed. He acknowledged that the proposed longevity premium pay — which was previously paid as a lump sum — would be added to salary, with compounding impacts for raises and pensions. Those premiums would reach up to 15% of base wages for those with 20 or more years of service.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a time when police departments nationwide are struggling to recruit officers, Nguyen said the pay incentives are crucial to ensure the department can respond in a timely way to 911 calls.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our community members deserve better. They deserve a responsive police department, meaning an adequately staffed police department where, when they call, that police officer will show up, versus waiting for hours or even days until a police officer shows up,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City staffers estimated the recent labor agreement would cost \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15830813&GUID=72FEF3E1-F781-456B-A057-F8D4C71E9343\">an additional $88.9 million \u003c/a>in wages and premiums over five years, after savings in benefit costs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Anne Janks, an advocate with the Coalition for Police Accountability, said she is disappointed that the public has not had a real chance to weigh in on the tentative deal or get more information about it. She doubted the city’s cost estimate factored in pay for nonunion officers and pension costs, which if true means the total could be higher. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This contract as proposed, it’s going to be a major, major hit on our budget,” said Janks, an Oakland resident for more than 25 years. “The question is, is it going to accomplish what they are proposing? That it’s gonna do retention? Let’s have a really open discussion about how much it’s actually gonna cost.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Policing is Oakland’s most expensive city service, with a \u003ca href=\"https://stories.opengov.com/oaklandca/3ce39ec8-ff7a-4ac4-9b21-3d6501715f3c/published/ua7_mOgX9?currentPageId=686ea3412dc9751cf6e6ee47\">$410.6 million budget\u003c/a> this fiscal year. The tentative labor agreement comes as the city faces annual \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14218302&GUID=DF96B4E0-3176-48D2-8DC3-55C9B4608017\">budget shortfalls\u003c/a> of about $120 million until 2030, and increased scrutiny over its police-overtime spending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oaklandside \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/oakland-police-overtime/\">reported\u003c/a> earlier this year that a single lieutenant was paid more than $490,000 in overtime in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The cops are already well paid — the overtime is ridiculous — there wasn’t a transparent process. And the other piece of this is they have 45 officers sitting at home pulling a paycheck for months because they are waiting for disciplinary hearings,” said Jose Dorado, a former Oakland police commissioner from 2017 through 2021. “We need better management, better deployment.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland police officers receive base pay ranging between about $106,000 to $148,000 per year, plus additional pay incentives, according to a department recruiting \u003ca href=\"https://www.joinoaklandpd.com/\">website\u003c/a>. That’s above what some officers in the state make but in line with what police in other Bay Area cities earn. The mean annual wage for police and sheriff’s patrol officers in California is about $112,000, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/oes333051.htm\">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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(Oakland Department of Transportation)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> ”In a pretty short amount of time, those were very positive results,” said Josh Rowan, director of Oakland’s Department of Transportation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s speed cameras began a two-month $0 warning period on Jan. 14, and began issuing citations on March 15. The cameras are the result of a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab645\">2023 state law\u003c/a> that authorized Oakland and five other cities — including San Francisco, San Jose, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Glendale — to pilot the speed enforcement technology for a five-year period. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For more than two decades, speeding has been involved in approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/speeding\">one-third\u003c/a> of all motor vehicle fatalities nationwide, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In March, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/one-year-speeding-down-79-speed-safety-camera-locations\">reported \u003c/a>an 80% drop in speeding at camera locations after one year of enforcement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the first four months of issuing citations, Oakland’s cameras have generated well more than double the amount that San Francisco did in its first four months, according to data on San Francisco’s citations \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/speeding-trend-cameras-22229083.php?utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3988&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawTy7YFwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMVViZzREOE5qekg1U3JEMVJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeiRQLCkbO4VFuua0b2pxwx7R0xuuebuuhuQmjPUaUSEfjkyK8RuqpwMSd_p4_aem_zozoz2yB246vvz8dcFBuuA\">analyzed\u003c/a> by the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rowan said part of the reason for that is that many of Oakland’s streets are built in a way that encourages speeding.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ In Oakland we have a lot of local streets that are built to highway standards. They’re wide, straight and fast,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rowan’s theory is that Oakland is a “through” city: “that people use to get from point a to point b.” So his discovery that a majority of speeders have a registered address outside Oakland was an “aha” moment for him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My intuitive feeling has been that not all of our problems are us doing this to ourselves,” Rowan said. “Those not from Oakland, please don’t speed when you’re here.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Speeders are the vast minority of all drivers in the city, according to Oakland’s progress report. Across all camera locations combined, violations were issued to approximately 1.5% of all vehicles that passed by each camera, meaning most drivers were traveling close to the speed limit, the report noted.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rowan said speed cameras are proving to be a valuable tool in the short term, but the technology is also pushing the city to have conversations about redesigning Oakland’s streets to be safer in the long term. He mulled over the prospect of a long-term roundabout installation program to “really get into the type of safety projects that start making a real change over time.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under California law, automated speeding cameras issue $50 citations to anyone traveling 11 miles per hour or more over the speed limit, and the fine increases based on speed, with a maximum fine of $500 for a driver traveling more than 100 miles per hour over the speed limit. 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And I think he is the right person to lead us into the next phase of OPD,” Unger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee selected Beere from four candidates after a recruitment process led by the city’s police commission and retired Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beere said that he doesn’t expect much to change now that his position is permanent and will continue to focus on reducing crime, recruiting new officers and constitutional policing.[aside postID=news_12090103 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CAT_Flock-Out_img.png']He also promised to maintain the many reforms instituted since a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891855/oakland-police-departments-brutality-corruption-and-cover-up-and-long-road-toward-reform\">police misconduct scandal\u003c/a> shook community trust in 2000. More than 100 people sued OPD, accusing a group of officers known as the “Riders” of beating, kidnapping and planting drugs on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department agreed to a negotiated settlement agreement in 2003, which included coming into compliance with 51 tasks to reshape the department’s culture and policy under federal oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, a court monitor found that the department had reached full compliance, and OPD is set for a hearing where it could regain independence in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I’ve seen the worst, but I’ve also seen the best,” Beere said. “I’m a product of the negotiated settlement agreement. 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"content": "\u003cp>Activists opposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s contract this week with an Israeli cellphone data extraction company, which they say has been used in Israeli military operations in Gaza and to surveil journalists and activists across the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Oakland Police Department has contracted with digital intelligence company Cellebrite since 2014, the City Council voted Wednesday to extend the contract through June 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By approving this contract, Oakland has chosen to bring in technology tied directly to Israeli occupation forces, the surveillance of Palestinians, and immigration enforcement here in the U.S.,” said Zahra Billoo, the executive director of the Bay Area’s office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations. “That decision should never have been made without meaningful engagement with the communities most likely to be impacted by expanded surveillance and discriminatory policing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OPD has used some version of Cellebrite’s technology to download cellphone data, but the most updated version, which the department has used since about 2024, allows it to access data from cellphones without a passcode, according to Sgt. 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According to city records, the technology is used in both internal audits of OPD members’ work phones and to aid in criminal investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Zhou said, the department used Cellebrite to search more than 200 devices obtained through search warrants and thought to be involved in robberies, homicides and other crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11524304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1305\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1180x802.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-960x653.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-240x163.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-375x255.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The City Council’s vote to extend the contract, for a price of $140,000, was 6 to 2, with Councilmembers Janani Ramachandran and Carroll Fife opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Fife, Cellebrite’s technology has been used against journalists in Myanmar and Botswana, and activists in Serbia, whose phones were “secretly” unlocked. CAIR also said the technology has been used to collect data from Palestinians who have been detained in Gaza.[aside postID=news_12081173 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2216992312-2000x1334.jpg']And last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a contract to obtain Cellebrite’s tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just don’t want Oakland to be part of that list of bad actors who continuously violate human rights,” Fife said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou said that Oakland’s data is stored locally through \u003ca href=\"http://evidence.com\">evidence.com\u003c/a> and that Cellebrite does not touch it. According to the Police Department’s 2024 annual report, “OPD has not shared any Cellebrite extraction data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s meeting, more than 20 people spoke in opposition to the contract, many echoing Fife’s and CAIR’s concerns about human rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tools provide access to phones, messages, location data, photos, deleted files and obviously that’s immensely intrusive,” said Musa Tariq, CAIR Bay Area’s policy coordinator. “This company is kind of part of a broader ecosystem of surveillance where these tools that are developed in militarized or occupation contexts are being exported globally. 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By contrast, he said, Cellebrite has worked to access seven of the eight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Charlene Wang, who chairs the Public Safety Committee, said it was “undeniable” that Cellebrite had been used by authoritarian governments to surveil people without consent, but added that it’s also used in democratic nations to investigate violent organized crime and human trafficking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said not approving the contract would hurt OPD’s ability to solve violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have trade-offs to make,” she said. “We have an obligation to protect our citizens, and to use this technology wisely here in the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12082805 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlene Wang speaks after being sworn in as a city council member for District 2 at City Hall in Oakland, California, on May 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wang said next year, she would like to see a competitive bidding process for the phone-extraction contract — a usual process for city contracts that was waived in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife asked the department to conduct a review of other vendors that might be available to offer similar technology, as well as an independent legal analysis assessing Cellebrite’s access to the city’s data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also asked that the department publicly report concrete statistics of how the data extraction technology is leading to a decrease in crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep having to approve contracts that have been shown around the world to have proven violations of people’s human rights,” Fife said. “I don’t support the use of this vendor. 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According to the Police Department’s 2024 annual report, “OPD has not shared any Cellebrite extraction data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s meeting, more than 20 people spoke in opposition to the contract, many echoing Fife’s and CAIR’s concerns about human rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tools provide access to phones, messages, location data, photos, deleted files and obviously that’s immensely intrusive,” said Musa Tariq, CAIR Bay Area’s policy coordinator. “This company is kind of part of a broader ecosystem of surveillance where these tools that are developed in militarized or occupation contexts are being exported globally. 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By contrast, he said, Cellebrite has worked to access seven of the eight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Charlene Wang, who chairs the Public Safety Committee, said it was “undeniable” that Cellebrite had been used by authoritarian governments to surveil people without consent, but added that it’s also used in democratic nations to investigate violent organized crime and human trafficking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said not approving the contract would hurt OPD’s ability to solve violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have trade-offs to make,” she said. “We have an obligation to protect our citizens, and to use this technology wisely here in the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12082805 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlene Wang speaks after being sworn in as a city council member for District 2 at City Hall in Oakland, California, on May 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wang said next year, she would like to see a competitive bidding process for the phone-extraction contract — a usual process for city contracts that was waived in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife asked the department to conduct a review of other vendors that might be available to offer similar technology, as well as an independent legal analysis assessing Cellebrite’s access to the city’s data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also asked that the department publicly report concrete statistics of how the data extraction technology is leading to a decrease in crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep having to approve contracts that have been shown around the world to have proven violations of people’s human rights,” Fife said. “I don’t support the use of this vendor. 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Oakland recorded 23 traffic fatalities last year, down from recent highs of 36 deaths in 2022 and 2020. Out of all transportation modes, pedestrians are consistently among the highest number of Oakland’s traffic victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At all but one location, drivers issued warnings by the cameras were traveling about 11 to 15 mph over the speed limit, the report showed. 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Across all camera locations, just 1.5% of all drivers were issued warnings for speeding, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ We’re spending a lot of money dealing with crashes, infrastructure damage and safety issues that’s being caused by a very small subset of drivers,” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed Camera Locations with Highest MPH Over Limit\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-cwcNs\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cwcNs/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"725\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he expects the city to use the data from the speed camera program to inform where to make capital investments to city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I think this will enable us to say, ‘this is an area that really needs attention,’ and if we can address it here, we can keep bending the crash curve downward,” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the water, San Francisco has reported that the cameras have been effective at reducing speeding at camera locations. 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He said online comments suggesting that victims of gun violence ‘shouldn’t have been outside’ make it seem as if “it’s a crime to enjoy your life in the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OPD said that due to an ongoing investigation, no additional details are being released at this time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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