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Posts Tagged ‘Merritt Community College’

A new college class offers young Oaklanders and people of color a career path to law enforcement

By Teresa Cotsirilos | October 2, 2015 | 1
Former Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan teaches his first class at Merritt Community College's pre-academy program.

Merritt’s new law enforcement pre-academy program hopes to recruit students of color to the Oakland Police Force. In a department whose officers’ past use of force against minorities fueled generations of distrust, that can be a hard sell.

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