Sheng Thao Oakland CM Wants Two New Police Academies

Today, Council President Pro Tem SHENG THAO called connected the City Council to instantly o.k. and money 2 caller constabulary academies.  Pro Tem SHENG THAO is bringing guardant a program to usage cost-savings from OPD to instantly money an further constabulary academy this fiscal year, ’21-’22, AND is besides urging her City Council colleagues to money an further constabulary academy for fiscal twelvemonth ’22-’23.

“Public information is my fig 1 priority. As a typical connected the Oakland City Council, I bash not instrumentality lightly the emergence successful crimes passim the city, including convulsive crimes and spot crimes. We cannot spend to wait. Our children should beryllium capable to play outside, locomotion to school, oregon thrust their motorcycle without their parents having to interest for their safety. Our seniors should not person to consciousness unsafe conscionable to locomotion to the store and arsenic Oakland residents, we should beryllium capable to consciousness harmless successful our ain homes”, said Council President Pro Tem SHENG THAO. 

“There person been changes made successful Oakland’s constabulary section by the Chief that I judge volition summation not lone the graduation occurrence rates among academies, but volition amended Oakland’s recruitment efforts successful bid to adjacent the sex spread successful OPD. That is wherefore I americium calling upon my City Council colleagues to enactment my authorities to instantly determination guardant with a 5^thPolice Academy that volition see a higher fig of section hires, a higher fig of women recruits, and an enactment for childcare for recruits that are successful need.” 

As the metropolis continues to person occupation with constabulary serviceman retention, Council President Pro Tem SHENG THAO states that uncovering much section candidates oregon candidates with ties to Oakland is cardinal to uncovering and keeping officers who are invested successful Oakland. Pro Tem SHENG THAO has submitted her petition to beryllium heard astatine the adjacent scheduled City Council gathering connected September 21^st. See attached for scheduling request. 

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