OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Cops are leaving Oakland Police Department in record numbers. 

The police union blames the lack of support from the Oakland City Council as one of the primary reasons. The city council president disputes the characterization of their support for OPD.

Oakland police officers are leaving the department at an extraordinary rate.

According to an Oakland Police Officers’ Association pie chart, 86-cops parted ways with the department in 2021, 22 left law enforcement altogether, 27-retired.

The majority left OPD to work for other police agencies.

“I am just pleading for the council president and her colleagues to turn the ship around because at some point we will get to a situation where there aren’t any Oakland cops at the speed that we are losing them,” Officer Barry Donelan said.