How much did crime go up? How much did the population increase? What other factors were there? Those would be helpful data points too.
Population increased 12% between 2010 and 2020. Total homicides, not per 100k, were roughly the same - 95 vs 110. There was a marked increase in homicides during the Covid years but it dropped back down in 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California#Demographi...
> The number of Oakland Police Department officers has varied from a low of 626 (in 1996 and in 2012) to a high of 814 (in 2002). There were 723 officers at the end of 2015. The city's strategic plan recommended 925 officers, and an independent study commissioned by the city in the mid-1990s recommended 1,200 officers. As of 2025, the city employed only 675 police officers, budgeted for only 600, and of these, 100 were on leave.
Like I wrote in another comment, both can be simultaneously true. The department is both understaffed and possibly does not manage its overtime well.
No clue my friend. Public sector unions do weird things.
> Like I wrote in another comment, both can be simultaneously true. The department is both understaffed and possibly does not manage its overtime well.
I didn't see that comment, but I don't disagree with you. I was just trying to understand a little more about the staffing levels.