On 26 Jan 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_lundquist@ggmail.com> posted some
news:sssklg$dod$1@dont-email.me:

> Libby Schaaf has the distinction of losing two major sports
> franchises, hundreds of businesses and thousands of jobs. Her 15
> seconds of fame include being snotty to Trump, once. The current
> Oakland mess has Libby Schaaf's vagina stench all over it.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said Wednesday that Gov. Gavin Newsom
approved her request to bring in the California Highway Patrol to police
city streets and commercial districts.

The mayor�s announcement came a day after Oakland Chinatown Chamber of
Commerce President Carl Chan sent a letter to Newsom urging him to
declare a �state of emergency� in Oakland due to escalating crime, and
to supply patrol officers to assist the Oakland Police Department.

No formal proposal has been submitted, but Schaaf�s office said Newsom
made a verbal commitment on Wednesday morning, before the officials
attended a press conference at an Oakland elementary school.

The mayor said CHP officers would patrol �commercial corridors� and
International Boulevard, which stretches from Lake Merritt to East
Oakland. The possible arrival of highway patrol officers drew immediate
support from the Oakland police officer union, who say they are
overworked and overwhelmed by rising numbers of shootings, homicides,
and carjackings. Some are expressing skepticism, however, that CHP will
be held to the same high standards regarding stops, use of force, racial
profiling, and other policies OPD officers must follow.

�We take this extremely seriously, we are responding to the demands from
our residents for more law enforcement safety, and I am going to
continue to look at every resource and continue to try and get adequate
staffing in the Oakland Police Department, especially for
investigations,� Schaaf told reporters Wednesday.

�So beware, there is going to be more enforcement,� she added. �The
reckless driving that kills people. The robberies that involve vehicles
like what happened to our beloved U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. That is
going to really get under control with the help of the state,� Schaaf
said.

At Wednesday�s press conference, Newsom acknowledged having a
conversation with Schaaf: �I told her she can count on that request
being received,� the governor said.

It is expected that the CHP, an agency known for enforcing the vehicle
code, would assist OPD at sideshows and by conducting traffic
enforcement. This would not be the first time CHP was called on to
enforce laws in Oakland.

In 2013, the Oakland City Council approved a 60-day �crime suppression
assistance� agreement with CHP to have five units of two officers and
two supervisors on patrol for two nights a week, usually on weekends.
The agreement followed a 120-day period where CHP patrolled for free.
The circumstances were similar to today: Oakland leaders said OPD was
overwhelmed by an uptick in homicides and robberies.

According to OPD�s most recent crime report, homicides are up 31% this
year compared to the three-year average and shootings are up 39%. This
year has seen a 5% increase in robberies. Burglaries have fallen by 21%
compared to the three-year average.

Former Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, in an interview Thursday,
said back in 2012 he assigned an OPD commander to oversee the CHP units
and collect data from them on traffic stops and arrests. He did not
recall any complaints against CHP.

�We were kept abreast of what was happening and not happening,� Jordan
said. �They were pretty self-sufficient, they brought their own force,
sometimes brought their helicopter or plane.�

But Jordan acknowledged that OPD does not have the authority to enforce
its standards or policies on CHP.

�There were some reservations from community members because even though
[CHP is] coming to work at our request, we had no control over them,�
Jordan said. �Their use of force policy is different. They may be
allowed to do more things than your OPD officers do. They are not going
to follow the OPD manual even though they are working in Oakland.�

Civil rights attorney John Burris expressed some concern over whether
training for CHP officers is consistent with the training Oakland
officers receive. Burris questioned whether the agency would have to
operate within the framework of the negotiated settlement agreement, the
OPD reform effort overseen by a federal monitor and judge.

�What I don�t want is a two-tier policing system in the city, where you
have OPD being held accountable but the CHP officers are not,� Burris
said.

Burris is currently representing the family of Erik Salgado, the
23-year-old man shot and killed by CHP officers in East Oakland last
year. Salgado�s step sister, Amanda Majail-Blanco, said CHP does not
have a good reputation among Oakland residents.

�I don�t think it�s a good idea,� she said. �CHP already has a nasty
presence in Oakland and a lot of people have had bad experiences.�

The head of the Oakland Police Officers Association, however, said the
CHP patrols will help the 704 Oakland police officers who have to
respond to the large number of 911 calls the city receives each day.

�Every Oakland cop welcomes help from the CHP. But it�s a shame that it
took Oakland�s crime weary residents pleading to the state for help
because the majority of Oakland�s City Council abandoned crime victims
and embraced a dangerous defund the police ideology,� OPOA President
Sgt. Barry Donelan said in a statement.

https://oaklandside.org/2021/08/12/mayor-libby-schaaf-gov-newsom-chp-offi
cers-oakland/