The main Oakland Police Department administrative building seen in downtown Oakland, Calif.... Mayor Barbara Lee has changed all that,” he wrote,...
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With federal oversight ending, can OPD police itself? Oakland Police Chief James Beere (left), Police Commission Chair Ricardo Garcia-Acosta, and Mayor Barbara Lee have said OPD and the city’s oversight bodies are ready to take over post-federal court oversight. " data-large-file="https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20260929_SFFederalCourthouse_EG_30.jpg" /> Oakland’s civilian police watchdogs face new pressures and longstanding resource constraints.
Barbara Lee, the Oakland mayor, said in a statement that a court in California found that the department had "achieved substantial compliance...
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and the chief of police spoke after a federal judge ended the more than 20-year federal oversight of the Oakland Police...
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee speaks at a press conference announcing the reinstatement of the Oakland Police Department Cadet Program at Oakland City...
"This is a new police department," Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said. "The reforms, the 51 tasks, the work that have taken place over several mayors...
Mayor Karen Bass has directed the LAPD oversight board to hire an... NBC Los Angeles · Facebook · Instagram · TikTok · Youtube · Newsletters · About Us...
Through those networks, Johnson advocated for a series of measures that changed police practices across California. Assembly Bill 71 mandated...






