She faced criticism almost immediately after taking office for firing popular Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong. Frustrated voters, including the local NAACP, blamed Thao for a long list of city ...

But county officials said the new contract better reflects the actual cost of police services. Dave Woodward, chairman of the Oakland County ... brand new state-of-the-art tasers to reduce the ...

Two months after she was recalled as Oakland mayor, Sheng Thao has reportedly been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury — a blockbuster blow to the struggling Bay Area city already ...

The inquiry later needled its way into the Oakland Police Department, where federal investigators sought OPD internal phone number directories, as well as police reports related to the Duong ...

Jones is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, and holds a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice from Western Michigan University. Former Oakland ...

The killing is the seventh homicide investigated by Oakland police this year. Last year at this time police had investigated six homicides in the city. Anyone with information about the killing ...

The Oakland Police Commission held a town hall meeting on changing the city's strict police pursuit policy. Most residents who attended wanted to loosen the rules to chase suspects. The Police ...

OAKLAND, Calif. – A rally in Oakland on Wednesday is calling for police to chase criminals, regardless of the nature of the crime.Several business owners voiced their support for the change ...

Juarez claimed he was assaulted by people associated with the Duong family outside the company’s offices while the Duongs claimed in police reports that Juarez threatened them. There is no indication ...