Oakland
From the meeting · Public Safety Committee, · 0:46
Is the police ceasefire section running at half strength?
While reviewing a grant for a police firearm relinquishment program, the committee chair asks police staff about staffing in the department's ceasefire section.
a councilmember and a speaker
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a councilmember And my final question is just around the staffing of the of the ceasefire program within OPD.
a councilmember It's my understanding that that staffing has really taken a downturn recently.
a councilmember Can you provide some information on that?
a speaker I think we're at 16 officers within the ceasefire section currently, which is probably about half or less than half of what we've had in the past.
a speaker And we have seen throughout our specialized units throughout the department, there are even lower levels.
a speaker But they are continuing to do extremely good work.
a speaker And I think by leveraging technology and being extremely efficient with their resources, we've still been able to impact violent crime in a in a substantial way.
Where it's from
- Police firearm relinquishment grant from Alameda County Superior Court Item 5: what happened
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- The full recording from here