Coalition for Police Accountability

Thanks to everyone who joined the Coalition for Police Accountability’s campaign which resulted in a victory of 83% at the polls on November 8th.

But our work is not done. Now that we are poised to establish a meaningful, effective mechanism of civilian oversight of the Oakland Police Department, we need to stay engaged in the process.

Some of us are working on the legislation that is needed in order to implement this charter change in the time frame required by the measure. If you want to join in that effort, please send email to info@coalitionforpoliceaccountability.org.  But we also feel the need to reach out to the wider community to make sure folks know what Measure LL is, and how they can benefit from it, regardless of where they live or who they are.

We also need to recruit folks from each of the 7 Districts in Oakland to sit on the Selection Panel which will appoint 4 of the 7 Police Commissioners.

If you want to help us get the word out and get involved in moving this agenda forward, please let us know, and try to attend our first Coalition meeting of 2017: January 11th at 7:00 PM at the PUEBLO office — 3528 Foothill Blvd (near 35th Ave).

Let’s make sure that this historic victory for police accountability delivers on its promise and is not derailed or compromised. We’ll need to continue to keep up the pressure in order to make sure that doesn’t happen.