Dozens of neighborhoods in Oakland are holding block parties Tuesday night for National Night Out, which happens on August 1st every year. It's a national 'community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships', according to the Nation...
OAKLAND - Dozens of neighborhoods in Oakland are holding block parties Tuesday night for National Night Out, which happens on August 1st every year. It's a national"community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships", according to the National Night Out website.
"She's still in jeopardy being an elderly woman trying to protect herself," said the man who lives a few doors down. He says residents don't feel safe, partly because they don't think police will show up fast enough when they call 911. "Most of us in the police department don't feel that the level of service we are providing with as few police officers as we have is at a level that our residents want," says Barry Donelan, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association.
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