Oakland police team up with Merritt College with pre-academy program aiming to recruit more officers

The City of Oakland is looking to increase the number of cops from the current 630-range to 700 sworn officers. A three-month ...
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A violence interruption academy is coming to Oakland

Oakland has a police academy and a fire academy, intensive training programs where cadets are given skills they’ll need to work as police officers and firefighters. In two years, it will also have a ...
NBC Bay Area

‘Time for Oakland to step it up': New effort to address police staffing crisis

There is a new effort in Oakland to address the drastic need for more police officers on the street. Councilmember Charlene Wang, Oakland's NAACP, the City of Oakland and other city and faith leaders ...
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Oakland NAACP Partners With City and Police to Recruit New Officers

The Oakland branch of the NAACP announced Monday that it is partnering with the city and police department to recruit new officers. At a press conference alongside Councilmember Charlene Wang and ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell to resign, leaving top cop job vacant once again

OAKLAND — Oakland police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced Wednesday that he will resign after just a year and a half on the job — continuing a trend of top cops not sticking around very long in this ...