Amid a police staffing crisis, Oakland is reviving a program to prepare interested youth for a career in law enforcement in ...

The program, which recruits college students to earn part-time work experience and receive mentorship, is intended to retain ...

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday once again rejected two veteran members of the city's Police Commission who were ...

Jason Schweitzer, 55, of Oakland, was found stabbed to death inside an apartment in the Lakeside neighborhood where police ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee on Wednesday announced that the city has secured nearly $900,000 from Kaiser Permanente and PG&E to ...

Oakland will revive the police department's Cadet Program in an effort to boost staffing and address public safety concerns.

The Oakland Police Department took a step toward addressing what city leaders described as a staffing crisis. On Friday, 14 ...

Oakland Police seize guns and arrest three individuals, including two juveniles, in an operation to combat local armed ...

A suspect has been arrested and charged with three counts of murder in a drug-related shootout at an East Oakland market that ...

The department now has 618 sworn officers, but would like to have at least 700.

With multi-year projections of massive budget shortfalls, Oakland and the mayor are turning to private funding in a joint ...