{"id":576354,"date":"2021-06-29T12:20:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576354"},"modified":"2021-06-29T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:20:29","slug":"we-find-ourselves-in-a-crisis-oakland-police-chief-criticizes-city-council-after-police-budget-slashed-amid-spike-in-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-find-ourselves-in-a-crisis-oakland-police-chief-criticizes-city-council-after-police-budget-slashed-amid-spike-in-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Find Ourselves In A Crisis\u2019: Oakland Police Chief Criticizes City Council After Police Budget Slashed Amid Spike In Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-find-ourselves-in-a-crisis-oakland-police-chief-criticizes-city-council-after-police-budget-slashed-amid-spike-in-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576354&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1216240189-scaled-e1624981579725.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Oakland\u2019s police chief criticized the city council Monday after they voted to slash the police budget amid a spike in crime and violence.<\/p>\n<p>The Oakland City Council passed a budget Thursday that strips more than $17 million from the police department over the next two years to pay for social programs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2021\/06\/28\/oakland-police-defunding-chief-rips-city-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPIX 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we find ourselves in a crisis,\u201d chief LeRonne Armstrong said, according to KPIX 5. \u201cWe find ourselves reeling from a weekend of violence where we have seen four homicides over a three-day period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur shootings are up over 70% this year. Our robberies are up 11% this year. There\u2019s been 1,300 robberies in this city already this year. Our carjackings are up nearly 88%. So we see clearly that crime is out of control in the city of Oakland and our response was for less police resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen City Council members, the majority have voted to defund this police department, that additional $17 million that was reduced from the police department\u2019s budget will have an impact,\u201d Armstrong said, according to KPIX 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.44\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH THIS: Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong speaks after the city council voted cut millions away from his department\u2019s budget amid crime surge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2y4R78CU5Y\">pic.twitter.com\/2y4R78CU5Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1409639938442678272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Armstrong said his department was already overwhelmed with calls at its current staffing level and things will only get worse with the budget cuts, which are estimated to cost the department 50 current vacant officer positions that will not be filled, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already have a tough time responding to the high number of calls that we get,\u201d Armstrong said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/east-bay\/oakland-police-chief-laments-reallocation-of-police-funding-argues-opd-stretched-too-thin\/2581411\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC Bay Area<\/a>. &nbsp;\u201cThis will make it tougher, having less officers in the field, particularly for marginalized communities like deep East Oakland, where we see two-thirds of our calls coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours after Armstrong criticized the decision, the city\u2019s Department of Violence Prevention Chief Guillermo Cespedes was involved in an attempted armed robbery while filming a TV interview, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2021\/06\/28\/oakland-violence-prevention-chief-unhurt-after-attempted-robbery-at-gunpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Bay Times<\/a>. Two suspects approached the camera person and tried to take the camera at gunpoint, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe armed security officer pulled his firearm out, and directed the suspects to leave. The suspects immediately left the area without the camera,\u201d police reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/23\/oakland-mayor-libby-schaaf-home-vandalized-vote-defund-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libby Schaaf<\/a> also criticized the cuts, saying it will make the situation worse, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2021\/06\/25\/oakland-2021-2023-budget-defund-police-alternatives-violence-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Side<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/04\/oakland-libby-schaaf-chinatown-hate-crime-defund-the-police-budget-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Mayor Of Oakland Goes After City Council For Wanting To Slash Police Budget After Another Brutal Attack Caught On Video)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, it also cuts 50 police officers who respond to Oaklanders\u2019 911 calls and enforce traffic safety. It also cuts much-needed future academies, which will significantly reduce police staffing and delay response to Oaklanders in their time of crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will force our officers to work even more overtime shifts, which are expensive and unsafe for officers and residents alike,\u201d she reportedly continued.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland has seen 65 homicides since January, according to KPIX 5. Four people died over the weekend as street violence has increased 90% when compared to this time last year, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The budget indicates $4 million will be reallocated to a pilot program which will send trained personnel to respond to incidents involving mental and behavioral health when the individual (s) in question are non-violent, according to NBC Bay Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland\u2019s police chief criticized the city council Monday after they voted to slash the police budget amid a spike in crime and violence.The Oakland City Council passed a budget Thursday &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313643,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1216240189-scaled-e1624981579725.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018We Find Ourselves In A Crisis\u2019: Oakland Police Chief Criticizes City Council After Police Budget Slashed Amid Spike In Crime","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1216240189-scaled-e1624981579725.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018We Find Ourselves In A Crisis\u2019: Oakland Police Chief Criticizes City Council After Police Budget Slashed Amid Spike In Crime","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}