OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 16-year-old girl. Leilani Bishop ...

The Oakland police department is looking for the suspect and victim, both of whom are yet to be identified Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work includes writing ...

Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department Felony Assault Unit at (510) 238-3426. The second shooting, from Sunday, was on the 2500 block of 62nd ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A man suffered minor injuries in an exchange of gunfire with Oakland police officers on Monday afternoon. Oakland police did not specify in a press release and public statement ...

OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department is investigating whether one of its officers began pursuing a car shortly before it barreled into a pole early Monday morning off International Boulevard.

"I hope my leaving would lead to salary savings that would allow the department to retain my ... the first case of racial profiling in Oakland police history. Mariano Contreras, a community ...

A full-blown department patrolling East Oakland appears to have been overreach by a former OPD captain hired by the school ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Police Department has now confirmed their officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect who was allegedly making threats with a handgun on Monday afternoon. The crime ...

But in a Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, submitted to the City of Oakland, the university is seeking to create and pay for its own police department with all the powers of a police force ...