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Jul 29, 2026

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Public safety committee advances dispatch and police items

Published Jul 29, 2026

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Briefing

Apr 21, 2026

Special Public Safety Committee (Apr 21, 2026): OPD contracts approved and multiple informational reports received

The Special Public Safety Committee convened at 6:15 PM with Chair Charlene Wang and members Ken Houston and Rowena Brown (Councilmember Carroll Fife joined at 6:18 PM). The committee approved staff recommendations on multiple police-related contracts (Cellebrite and Peregrine Technologies) and a contract amendment and grant related to the Ceasefire‑Lifeline program, received informational reports including an OPD Negotiated Settlement Agreement update and an audit of police oversight agencies, and forwarded items to the May 5, 2026 City Council meeting. The meeting adjourned at 8:32 PM.

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Briefing

Jan 27, 2026

Special Public Safety Committee (Jan 27, 2026): OMC 9.08.260 amendments approved to forward; Community Policing Advisory Board report received

The Special Public Safety Committee convened at 1:30 PM with Chairperson Charlene Wang presiding. Committee members Ken Houston and Rowena Brown were present; Councilmember Carroll Fife was excused. The committee (1) accepted the determination of the schedule of outstanding committee items; (2) approved staff recommendations to amend Oakland Municipal Code 9.08.260 to conform to state law — repealing loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, adding loitering for the purpose of purchasing commercial sex, authorizing administrative fines for sex-purchasers, sex-traffickers, and properties used for prostitution, and creating a Human Trafficking Survivor Support Fund — and forwarded that ordinance to the City Council on consent; and (3) received and filed the Community Policing Advisory Board 2024-2025 annual informational report. The meeting included public comment on multiple items, a modification to hear Item #4 after Item #2, and adjourned at 4:00 PM in memory of Brigette Cook.

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Briefing

Jan 13, 2026

Special Public Safety Committee (Draft Minutes) — January 13, 2026

Committee convened at 1:34 PM; members voted unanimously (4-0) to approve draft minutes and the schedule of outstanding items. The committee approved (1) an MOU authorizing OPD tactical support for Super Bowl 60 and 2026 FIFA World Cup events as amended to prohibit reductions below OPD operational staffing baselines, and (2) an IT professional services agreement with Medical Priority Consultants, Inc. for dispatch software (with payment of outstanding invoices and waivers of certain procurement requirements). Both substantive items were forwarded to the January 20, 2026 City Council consent agenda.

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Briefing

Nov 18, 2025

Oakland Special Public Safety Committee — Meeting Minutes (Nov 18, 2025)

The committee met Nov. 18, 2025 (6:05–11:24 PM). Members accepted virtual participation for Councilmember Houston, approved scheduling items, received informational reports on OPD crime data, a City Auditor performance audit of police emergency response times (forwarded to Dec. 2 consent), and a report on domestic violence activities. A proposed OPD Community Safety Camera policy and a two‑year, $2,252,500 agreement with Flock Safety failed on a 2–2 tie.

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