""I have to say, there have been a few mayors who have expressed thoughtfulness about what to do""
""No one until now has demonstrated an awareness and holistic understanding of what we need to do.""
""I don't think, if I had spent time on this, that I would have come up with the same thing,""
""threshold""
Federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department began after the early-2000s Riders brutality scandal and will continue at least until May. Judge William Orrick considers the department at the "threshold" of full compliance and may relinquish control by year’s end because of sustained reforms. Mayor Barbara Lee installed former inspector general Michelle Phillips in a senior departmental role, appointed James Beere as interim police chief, and positioned Aaron Smith to head internal affairs. Those appointments established direct accountability lines between internal affairs, the chief, and the mayor, addressing longstanding concerns about OPD's ability to police itself.
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