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Paul Kirchner's avatar

For $50,000, I could have told them they need more officers.

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J on the block's avatar

So frustrating. Forget 800 officers, I thought parity per population + crime rate was something like 1,200.

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Swimmy44's avatar

Agree

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GA Peach's avatar

After spending over $500,000 of Oakland taxpayer money, the council needs to show the people of Oakland a draft report. Independent consultants are hired to give independent opinions, not to prepare reports that support the biased position of individuals on the City Council. The Council needs to follow the law and release the report.

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Roland De Wolk's avatar

Holy Toledo! This gets more like MAGA every administration.

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LaJuana A. Reid's avatar

OPD has enough gang stalkers/criminal informants to make-up for whatever shortages they falesly claim to have. Besides, we don't need more kidnappers on the street like Oakland Police John Jacko Romero.

https://zenniereport.com/2025/02/06/lajuana-a-reid-tells-story-of-oakland-police-corruption-and-her-fight-for-justice/

25-CV-00383 Reid v. City of Oakland / Oakland Police Department

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J on the block's avatar

Accountability is for sure needed, but your priorities are far out of proportion to daily reality. You are cherry picking one or another case which - while tragic - barely makes the news feed of heinous criminality on a daily basis here. The businesses, families, and other people aren't fleeing because of a few bad cops. They're leaving because Oakland is a GTA server for the past 5 years.

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The Real LA Reid's avatar

Do you even hear yourself? Cherry picking. You have no idea who OPD is. It is a criminal organization.

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J on the block's avatar

You're a conspiracy theorist with paranoia. For at least a decade now it seems, and yet you're still here. Move along. I hope you get the help you need, but you don't know anything about Oakland, living in Sacramento (apparently). Why are you even on a local blog?

Post you made last year:

"I've been a targeted individual since 2015 .what are we going to do to end this program?I'm in Sacramento california.im widowed since October. This needs to end. It will cause a future war world wide!!!!"

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