Posted on 06/15/2017 5:12:43 PM PDT by george76
Former cops need not apply, but former inmates are being encouraged by the city of Oakland to apply for slots on the city’s new police commission.
A notice recently posted on the city’s website for would-be commissioners says, “Must be an Oakland resident. Must be at least 18 years old. Formerly incarcerated individuals encouraged to apply.”
Barry Donelan, head of the Oakland Police Officers Association, said recruiting ex-cons to help select the chief and discipline officers for misconduct was “extremely distasteful.”
And what really bugs the cops is that the voter-approved measure creating the commission bars current and former Oakland cops from serving, as well as police union employees.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...
How sad to see the city I was born in watching it collapse. What is next Oakland? Daycare Centers? Let me guess who will be watching those - PIZZA anyone?.......sigh
At this rate ISIS should be taking over Oakland in a matter of months or a few years.
We might have to carpet bomb Oakland once it’s lost. Probably SF too. Hopefully not San Jose though. I have family there unfortunately. I’ve been trying to get them to leave for years but no way Jose. Dayum. This is bad.
This is what happens when the inmates run the asylum.
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