Novometro has a great post about Oakland PD's gauntlet hiring process. and why mayor Dellums just made a promise he cannot keep. (To have OPD staffed up to the 2004 Measure Y-promised "803" sworn members.)Here's a great explanation for why Dellums told us Oakland citizens a lie: because it gets us off his and city council's back for a YEAR! One year of a few less complaints. We will be proactive however--it makes sense to sue the city for not having more than half of the police it needs for 3+ years now! How many lives could have been saved? What real progress could we have made in a secure environment? But no. We have permissive, anything goes, plain old disrespect.
Side note- I wonder if the hiring gauntlet is the same for new hires as for existing police personnel transferring in from other cities.
See you at the January 23rd Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee meeting at City Hall, Hearing Room 4, from 6:30-8:30pm.
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