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Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland — Breaking the Wall of Silence

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7/6/09

  • My KALW report on BART Police Oversight

    As Ive been investigating the different models of civilian oversight, I ended up following the movement to get civilian oversigtht of the BART police. That effort is facing some of the same opposition as those who want good civilian ovesight of the Oakland Police Department--resistant police union, unenthusiastic public officials who tend to side with the police. Arguably, its more contentious that the OPD situation, because it was BART police that killed Oscar Grant, and they have no civilian oversight at all right now.

    So I produced a report for KALW's Crosscurrents about the BART police oversight issue, you can hear it by clicking here.

     

    Posted by Andrew Stelzer on 07/06/09
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