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OPD Pursuit Revision Proposed; Recall Election Scheduling; OPD Graduates Smallest Academy in Years; Middle Schoolers Protest Port No Show; Committees Round Up & More

OPD Pursuit Revision Proposed; Recall Election Scheduling; OPD Graduates Smallest Academy in Years; Middle Schoolers Protest Port No Show; Committees Round Up & More

Jenkins, Reid Propose Legislation to Direct the Oakland Police Commission to Review/Revise OPD's Vehicle Pursuit Policies CMs Kevin Jenkins and Treva Reid are jointly bringing a resolution that would direct the Oakland Police Commission to review and possibly revise OPD’s pursuit policy. The legislation will be
Jaime Omar Yassin
Thao Recall Relies on Funds of Unknown Origin to Pay Signature Gathering Firm with Nebulous Past/ALCO BOS’ Moves Warily Towards Scheduling a DA Recall Election

Thao Recall Relies on Funds of Unknown Origin to Pay Signature Gathering Firm with Nebulous Past/ALCO BOS’ Moves Warily Towards Scheduling a DA Recall Election

6 Month Old Organization Spends $1/4 Million for Thao Recall Signatures from Firm with Complicated Past Oaklanders United to Recall Sheng Thao [OUTRST] turned in financial 460 disclosures on Tuesday reporting on the funding for the group’s attempted recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. The reporting covers the
Jaime Omar Yassin
Port Casts Unanimous Vote to Change Oakland Airport Name, Opposed by NAACP and Environmental Organizations; Public Safety Committee Concerns on Historically Small Police Academy

Port Casts Unanimous Vote to Change Oakland Airport Name, Opposed by NAACP and Environmental Organizations; Public Safety Committee Concerns on Historically Small Police Academy

Oakland’s Port Commission unanimously voted to change the Metropolitan Oakland Airport’s name to the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport on Thursday. Controversy over the plan had simmered for weeks after Port Commission Chair Barbara Leslie aired a social media post hyping the proposal. The institutional apparatus involved
Jaime Omar Yassin
PAC Recommends Ditching Shotspotter/Grim Drill Down on Budget Woes at Finance Mtg/Newsom's Flock Claim Repackages Old, Questionable Info

PAC Recommends Ditching Shotspotter/Grim Drill Down on Budget Woes at Finance Mtg/Newsom's Flock Claim Repackages Old, Questionable Info

Privacy Advisory Commission Recommends Discontinuing “Shotspotter” to Council In an unexpected twist at Thursday’s Privacy Advisory Commission [PAC] meeting, Commissioners passed a motion recommending that the City Council sunset its Gunshot Detection Technology [GDT] and use the estimated $1.8 MM* savings to bolster other policing measures. The PAC’
Jaime Omar Yassin