The Oakland Police Department got a much needed infusion of new officers Friday with the graduation of 14 recruits from the ...

The Oakland Police Department took a step toward addressing what city leaders described as a staffing crisis. On Friday, 14 new officers graduated from the department's 195th Police Academy.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee on Wednesday announced that the city has secured nearly $900,000 from Kaiser Permanente and PG&E to reinstate a police cadet program that was not funded in 2023 because of ...

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

Oakland's police cadet program shut down in 2023 due to a lack of funding. But Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said at a press ...

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

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

Close to $1 million in private funding will provide mentorship and paid, part-time work, to prepare college students for the ...