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Anti Police-Terror Project meets on the third Wednesday of every month. Join us at the next meeting.
Reclaim MLK 2024 was beautiful! Read a recap of the week & reflections on 10 years of reclaiming King’s radical legacy.
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Facing a historic $360 million budget deficit, in June 2023 the Oakland City Council voted to balance the city’s budget. While we were able to prevent cuts to many programs that truly keep us safe, unfortunately we were unable to prevent a $40 million increase to OPD. Get our full analysis ->
Mental Health (MH) First is a cutting-edge new model for non-police response to mental health crisis. Oakland will be the second city now operating this service; MH First Sacramento has been operating since January 2020. Learn more >
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Read about our class action lawsuit against OPD for its use of force against protestors during the 2020 uprising. Learn more >
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APTP commissioned a study to analyze how the Oakland Police Department spends its time. The study revealed that only 4% of calls received by OPD were for "violent crime.” Learn more >
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A new analysis of OPD call data presented here shows that there is no officer staffing crisis. Rather, this report finds that the department is currently wasting significant officer time on noncriminal and nonviolent issues instead of focusing on violent crime. Learn more >
Anti Police-Terror Project meets on the third Wednesday of every month. Join us at the next meeting.