Oakland’s civilian oversight of the Oakland Police Department is under direct attack, and it is not accidental.

Right now, the Oakland Police Officers Association and their astroturf allies, backed by Bay Area tech billionaires, are actively working to dismantle independent oversight of OPD. Even worse, Oakland City Council leadership is allowing it to happen.

Unpaid community volunteers on the Oakland Police Commission do the hard, thankless work of holding OPD accountable to the people. Since September 2025, City Council President Kevin Jenkins, at the urging of OPOA President Hu Nguyen, has led an unprecedented and potentially illegal effort to obstruct the charter mandated selection process.

Police Commissioners Omar Farmer and Chair Roberto Garcia-Acosta:
• Passed multiple background checks
• Participated in livestreamed public interviews
• Were approved in THREE separate votes by the independent Selection Panel

That should have ended the process.

Instead, police pandering Councilmembers are attempting to block their reappointments while fast tracking Mayoral appointees chosen behind closed doors.

Let us be clear.

This is not democracy.
This is not transparency.
This is pay to play politics.

Oakland voters demanded independent civilian oversight of the Oakland Police Department. What we are witnessing now is a coordinated effort to gut that oversight and return power to police unions and corporate interests.

We cannot allow this to stand.

We need you to take action immediately.

TELL OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL:
• Respect the will of Oakland voters
• Maintain the independence of the Oakland Police Commission
• Re appoint Omar Farmer and Roberto Garcia Acosta

PUBLIC ACTION DETAILS:
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
3:30 PM
In person: Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor
Attend online: bit.ly/oakland-cc120

Send a letter right now:
bit.ly/Restore-OPC

Scan QR code to also send a letter.

Accountability is not optional.
Oversight is non negotiable.
Oakland is watching.

In solidarity,

Cat Brooks and the APTP Crew

www.antipoliceterrorproject.org