Federal Judge Ends 23 Years of Oversight of Oakland Police Department
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Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Oakland Police Department After 23 YearsFederal Judge Ends 23 Years of Oversight of Oakland Police Department
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Wed, 30 September 2026
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Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Oakland Police Department After 23 Years - The Guardian World02:02
Group of officers known as ‘riders’ in 2000s prompted longest arrangement of its kind in US history After 23 years, a district judge has released the Oakland police department (OPD) from federal oversight, marking the end of the longest arrangement of this kind in US history. In the early 2000s, a group of police officers known as the “riders” were exposed for offenses like planting evidence, falsifying reports and using excessive force against primarily young Black men. These actions led...
- republicanherald.com16:02
The department has been under federal court agreement since the Riders scandal in 2003.
- PBS NewsHour23:17
A federal judge on Tuesday ended federal monitoring of the Oakland Police Department after 23 years, capping the longest-running oversight of a police department in U.S. history.