A letter of support was filed showing broadbased support for the City of Berkeley to adopt a Surveillance and Community Safety Ordinance. Community Support Letter Berkeley
29 Groups Support Berkeley Surveillance and Community Safety Ordinance
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Alameda Health Systems Removes Hidden License Plate Reader From Highland Hospital Emergency Entrance
From the East Bay Express: 11/30/2017 by Darwin Bond Graham ** A controversial automated license plate reader camera that was installed at the driveway entrance of Oakland’s Highland Hospital in 2014 has been removed by the hospital. Director of Government…
Oakland Turns Out For Long-Delayed ICE Raid Hearing
On November 28, after waiting for hours as the last item on the agenda, Oaklanders spoke up loudly about sanctuary city and ending all collusion, assistance or cooperation with Trump’s ICE. A sampling of videos from the public comment…
2018 UASI Requests From Bay Area Law Enforcement
Every year, Bay Area law enforcement agencies apply for a cornucopia of federal grants to buy stuff to fight the war on terror. This year’s application cycle just ended and the approved grants (not all will be approved) will…
Make Sanctuary Real Videos
At the November 14 meeting of the Oakland Public Safety Committee, the community rallied after the abrupt removal of the public hearing from the scheduled agenda. A week after this meeting, Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf agreed to support ending all…
Mayoral Maneuvering On ICE Raid
Update: On November 21, Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf announced that she would support the Kaplan/Brooks proposal to end all OPD cooperation with HSI and ICE. KTVU Coverage After the strong showing in Oakland on November 14, Oakland mayor…
Oakland and Berkeley Get More Oversight Of Policing
In a busy night for the Bay Area, both Oakland and Berkeley, cities which will be considering surveillance equipment transparency ordinances in the next month, made important strides towards increasing community oversight of policing and law enforcement. In Oakland, an…
Oakland’s Communities Demand City Response on ICE Raid
Scores of Oakland residents are expected to attend the Tuesday evening meeting of the Public Safety Committee after a public hearing on the controversial August 16 raid was abruptly pulled off the agenda just a few days beforehand. The public…
Desley Brooks and Rebecca Kaplan Object To Removal of ICE Raid Report
Earlier today on November 10th, Oakland City Council members Desley Brooks (the chair of the Public Safety Committee) and Rebecca Kaplan, issued a press release objecting to the cancellation of the November 14 ICE Raid hearing. Kaplan said the action…
Oakland City Council Pulls ICE Raid From Public Safety Agenda
After Bay Area media reported on the complaint filed against the OPD chief for making false statements to the public about the West Oakland ICE Raid, the Rules Committee abruptly pulled the item from the November 14 Public Safety…