The Oakland Police Department is one step closer to getting a huge technology upgrade that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
It'sIt has the slowest 911 emergency response times in the state, according to data analyzed by the ABC7 News I-Team in June.Years before Oakland was crippled by a ransomware hack that leaked the city's network on the dark web, a crucial decision on an IT investment was made in 2017.
The report concluded that both the software and the hardware at the Emergency Communications Center were labeled as "so out of date" none of it was even supportable. OPD was reportedly even forced to buy replacement parts on eBay because they were no longer available."It is completely unacceptable, unexplainable," said Gallo. "Certainly, we need to hold ourselves as governmental employees more accountable.
"I would assume they're advocating for utilization of cloud because it probably can be accessed by more locations," said prof. Nolan Higdon, a Cal State East Bay professor of History and Communication.The city says it's being heavily vetted in the wake of the massive 2023 data leak and impacts from last week's global computer outage prompted from
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