At a marathon council meeting that went into Wednesday morning, Oakland city leaders approved a multifaceted crime prevention plan.
The plan includes hiring additional 911 dispatchers and officers, installation of cameras on freeway ramps and business districts. Also included was a concerted effort to get help from outside law enforcement agencies, like the California Highway Patrol and FBI.
Although these measures will require time for implementation, the city has already taken immediate steps. It matched a federal grant, which has bolstered the number of officers patrolling the streets.He underscored that effective "to have some kind of engagement where it disrupts that life of crime, or if that intervention is not accepted, that there is custody for those individuals who want to continue to harm our community."The Oakland City Council early Wednesday morning approved new steps to try and fight crime. In a meeting that went on past midnight, the council unanimously passed a resolution to add more 911 dispatchers, cameras and police.
About an hour later, San Francisco police pursued a carload of robbery suspects across the Bay Bridge into Oakland. Video footage captured part of the high-speed chase as it continued onto eastbound Highway 24, near Broadway, with SFPD cruisers pursuing a blacked-out Hyundai Accent.
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