Police Public Safety

Ken A. Epstein

Nurses Back Bernie Sanders for President

Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Elections & Voting Rights, Environment, Health, Labor, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, voting rights Candidate calls for an end to racism and mass…

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Ken A. Epstein

Prison Leader Hugo “Yogi” Pinell Killed

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Jaron Epstein Hugo Yogi Pinell, born March 10, 1945 in Nicaragua and one of…

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Ken A. Epstein

Neighbors Celebrate 32nd Annual National Night Out

Posted in Community, Police-Public Safety Ella Baker Center Hosts Alternative “Night for Safety and Liberation”  By Post Staff Oakland neighbors…

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Ken A. Epstein

100 Black Men Calls on City to Pass Law to Protect Right to Record Police

Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers Responding to demands for policy change that would address police misconduct and…

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Ken A. Epstein

Diversity Within OPD Still Falls Short

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety Disparities in hirng of Asians, Blacks and Latinos; Blacks most underrepresented By…

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Ken A. Epstein

OPD Efforts to Recruit African Americans Yield Meager Results

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers and Dakotah Jennifer Recent efforts by the Oakland Police…

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Ken A. Epstein

City of Oakland Declares Humanist Hall a Neighborhood Nuisance

Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Gentrification, History and remembering, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government Gentrifying neighborhood threatens historic venue’s survival, according to staff. By…

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Ken A. Epstein

OPD Still Refusing to Release Evidence in Demouria Hogg Shooting Death

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety OPD May be Breaking Law by Withholding Name of Officer Who Killed Hogg By…

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Ken A. Epstein

Churches Fight Terror with “Week of Righteous Resistance”

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Tulio Ospina Last Sunday was the beginning of a weeklong faith-based campaign to…

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Ken A. Epstein

The Government’s Response to Church Burnings Must Have “Real Teeth,” Say Clergy

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers The discussion of entrenched of racism in America is intensifying in…

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