Public Safety Committee
March 14, 2023
AGENDA REPORT
TO: G. Harold Duffey
Interim City Administrator
FROM: Darren Allison
Acting Chief of Police
SUBJECT: 4th Quarter 2022 Crime Data Report DATE: February 23, 2023
City Administrator Date
Approval
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Receive A Quarterly Informational Report From The Oakland Police Department (OPD) On Crime, Crime Trends And Crime Reduction Activities in the City of Oakland.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Attachment A to this report provides information on crime, crime trends, crime reduction and crime intervention activities in Oakland for the entire calendar year 2022 (January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022).
BACKGROUND AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
In 2013, the Public Safety Committee requested a quarterly report from OPD on crime trends and crime reduction activities in the City of Oakland. This report is provided four times a year and updated to include the preceding three-month period (January through March; April through June; July through September and October through December).
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
This informational report is presented to the City Council and the Oakland community to provide an update on crime and crime reduction activities in Oakland. The attached presentation (Attachment A) contains information as follows:
• Citywide Trends: Homicide, Robbery, and Shootings;
• Overview of Police Area and Bureau of Field Operations Issues; • Crime statistics for each of OPD’s five Police Areas (1-5); • Ceasefire Program Information; and
• Violent Crime Operations Center (VCOC) Information.
Mar 2, 2023
G. Harold Duffey, Interim City Administrator
Subject: 4th Quarter 2022 Crime Data Report
Date: February 23, 2023 Page 2
Public Safety Committee
March 14, 2023
PUBLIC OUTREACH / INTEREST
No outreach was deemed necessary for this report beyond the standard City Council agenda noticing procedures.
COORDINATION
There was no outside agency coordination in the production of this report.
FISCAL IMPACT
This item is for informational purposes only and does not have a direct fiscal impact or cost.
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES
Economic: There are no economic opportunities associated with this report.
Environmental: There are no environmental opportunities associated with this report.
Race and Social Equity: This report provides valuable information to all residents and visitors to the city of Oakland regarding crime trends and reduction activities.
G. Harold Duffey, Interim City Administrator
Subject: 4th Quarter 2022 Crime Data Report
Date: February 23, 2023 Page 3
Public Safety Committee
March 14, 2023
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Staff Recommends That The City Council Receive A Quarterly Informational Report From The Oakland Police Department (OPD) On Crime, Crime Trends, And Crime Reduction Activities in the City of Oakland.
For questions regarding this report, please contact James Beere, Deputy Chief of Police, at [email protected].
Reviewed by:
James Beere, Deputy Chief of Police
OPD, Bureau of Field Operations I
Tracey Jones, Police Services Manager
OPD, Research and Planning Section
Prepared by:
Nicole Freeman, Crime Analysis Manager
OPD, Criminal Investigations Division (CID)
Michael Sze, Management Assistant
OPD, Research and Planning Unit
Attachments (1):
A: 4
th Quarter Crime Statistics (trends and reduction activities), Citywide Trends, and Six Police Area Crime Data