Posts Tagged ‘Oakland Police’
North Oakland meets new police chief Batts
“The Wild West was not won by a guy riding in on a white horse,” new Oakland police chief Anthony Batts told the crowd that gathered to meet him today at Peralta Elementary. “It was won by communities that took a stand.”
Read MoreDesiree Davis honored, mourned: “She overcame everything”
Friends and family gathered Monday to remember the 17 year-old Oakland Tech student who was killed on Labor Day in a drive-by shooting. By S. Howard Bransford/Oakland North.
Read MoreOakland Police Department seeks to quell sideshows and burglaries
By SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE Oakland Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan opened the doors of his monthly senior management meeting to reporters.
Read MoreCyclist mugged, threatened on Locksley
by MAGGIE FAZELI FARD Nov. 21–A bicyclist was mugged and threatened four doors from her Locksley Avenue home last week in an incident that police call “a random act,” but that worried neighbors and may have been the second attack on a local cyclist in recent weeks.
Read MoreDoor-breakdown burglaries subject of meeting tonight
by ISABEL ESTERMAN Nov. 13–Nanci, 50, a teacher living in Montclair, hardly ever uses her front door. She and her family just go in through the carport. But one bright Tuesday afternoon in September, a burglar came right through it. “They just broke the door,” says Nanci, who asked her last name be withheld because…
Read MoreDoor-kicking burglary suspects nabbed after hills pursuit
By ISABEL ESTERMAN OCT. 28 — A police chase through the Oakland hills ended yesterday with the arrest of two men police say may be connected to burglaries throughout the Bay Area–including a rash of recent Montclair break-ins in which homes’ front doors were kicked hard enough to force them open. Oakland police said officers apprehended Chas…
Read MoreTemescal neighbors appeal to Housing Authority police
Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council members look for help with some of the ongoing trouble spots. Click here for the story.
Read More