CITY OF OAKLAND
TO: Jestin D. Johnson
City Administrator
SUBJECT: OPD Crime Data Report
City Administrator
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RECOMMENDATION
AGENDA REPORT
FROM: Floyd Mitchell
Chief of Police
DATE: October 21, 2024
Date
Staff Recommends That The City Council Receive An 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 biannual report provides information on crime, crime trends, crime reduction and crime intervention activities in Oakland for April through September 2024.
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 was provided four times a year and updated to include the preceding three-month period. At the Rules Committee meeting on March 23, 2023, there was a motion made and approved to change the reports' frequency from quarterly to biannual.
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 six Police Areas (1-6); and • Ceasefire Program Information.
PUBLIC OUTREACH/ INTEREST
Public Safety Committee
November 19, 2024
Jestin Johnson (Nov 5, 2024 11:16 PST)
Nov 5, 2024
Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrato r
Subject: OPD Crime Data Report
Date: October 21, 2024 Page 2
No outreach was deemed necessary for this report beyond the standard City Council agenda noticing procedures.
COORDINATION
There was no outside agency coordinatio n 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 Equity : This report provides valuable information to all residents and visitors to the city of Oakland regarding crime trends and reduction activities.
Public Safety Comm ittee
Novembe r 19, 2024
Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
Subject: OPD Crime Data Report
Date: October 21, 2024 Page 3
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 Anthony Tedesco, Deputy Chief of Police, at [email protected] and Casey Johnson, Deputy Chief of Police, at [email protected].
Attachment (1 ):
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Reviewed by:
Anthony Tedesco, Deputy Chief
OPD, Bureau of Field Operations I
Casey Johnson, Deputy Chief
OPD, Bureau of Field Operations II
Prepared by:
Dr. Tracey Jones, Police Services Manager
OPD, Research and Planning Section
Nicole Freeman, Crime Analysis Manager
OPD, Criminal Investigations Division (CID)
A: Crime Statistics (trends and reduction activities), Citywide Trends, and Six Police Area Crime Data
Public Safety Committee
November 19, 2024