837 officers is not a very large Department, and how many of those officers are patroling, and how many are desk occupiers?
Well, I don’t know what Oakland is like now. But years ago, it was a black town and when I drove thru the older parts of town, the black “toughs” on the street corners, etc would eye me like sharks eyeing bait fish. I hated it when the traffic lights turned red. Just about broke out in a sweat until the light turned green and I could get moving again.
While I do have black friends, imo, the most racist group in the USA are the blacks. As a white, I have spent a lot of time also in Asian and Mexican areas and feel vastly more safe and welcome there than in the black areas. Too many blacks are prejudiced vs. whites just because they are white.