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Oakland's Lost Year of Police Accountability
January 10, 2019
In 2018, The Town's new police commission stumbled badly in a power struggle with other city officials, and itself. Can it recover?
Over the past year, the commission hasn't made progress on the core work required of it under the city charter. They've yet to hold a single hearing in a police disciplinary case or participate in an OPD Executive Force Review Board to examine a shooting or similar critical incident. They're ill-prepared to draft their evaluation of the police chief. They've yet to hold a community meeting.

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