September 14, 2021 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

OAKLAND – Yesterday evening turned into a bloodbath on Oakland’s streets. Officers responded to the scene of a double homicide (#90 and #91) on 68th Avenue. This followed officers assisting on the scene of a FBI agent shooting a suspect on Fruitvale Ave. Then came a triple shooting near the Fruitvale BART Station, and within hours, another shooting on 46th Ave.

“The carnage witnessed on Oakland streets last night and how Oakland’s tired, vilified, and unsupported police officers fought to protect our residents once again demonstrated that Oakland Police Officers are America’s hardest working cops.  This devastating violence is brought to you by the majority of Oakland’s City Council

that defunded the police that discounts the plight of Oakland’s victims of violent crime, and hide behind their zoom screens, ignoring the decade-high violent crime occurring on city streets,” said Oakland Police Officers’ Association President Barry Donelan.

Oakland’s defunded police department’s total sworn staffing is 695 - the lowest in six years. Oakland is currently losing about ten officers a month. City Council decisions to defund the police have resulted in the disbandment of the Traffic Division, walking details, some Crime Reduction teams, and Community Resources Units and the Council voted to freeze fifty-five (55) police officer positions.