City leaders including Mayor Jean Quan, said complying with the consent decree from the Oakland Riders case is a top priority for the police department. Chief Jordan has already been the ...

2000-12-07 04:00:00 PDT Oakland-- Three Oakland police officers who were part of a graveyard patrol crew that called themselves "The Riders" pleaded not guilty yesterday to allegations of assault ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- At the high point of their careers, the so-called "Riders" were considered the best and the brightest, veterans whom rookie police officers tried to emulate. Their specialty ...

2001-01-09 04:00:00 PDT Oakland-- An Oakland police officer ... Also named as defendants are Police Chief Richard Word and the Riders' supervisor, Sgt. Jerry Hayter, 51. Hornung, Mabanag and ...

In a profanity-laced tirade, Vazquez said he feared his fate as one of the four Oakland cops caught up in the infamous police brutality case known as the Riders. “They’re not going to give us ...

The Oakland Police Department has come ... The decree came following a scandal in which four police officers, who nicknamed themselves “The Riders,” were accused of beating up and robbing ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Officer Keith Batt was a 23-year-old rookie just three weeks out of the academy. He went straight to the night shift, where most officers start their careers. There, on ...

U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson has canceled a Thursday hearing to review Oakland Police department’s progress on reforms ordered nine years ago to settle the Riders police ...

Oakland agencies are facing ... referred to as an NSA, over the police department, put into effect more than 20 years ago because of the police Riders scandal. The city will be forced to fund ...