Oakland schools to eliminate campus police by year’s end

Oakland’s school board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to abolish the school district police force by January, adopting the “George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department.”

Citing the disproportionate arrests of Black students by Oakland’s school police, as well as the district’s “obligation to promote the healthy development of each one of its students” and the many alternative ways to handle discipline inside schools, the board directed the superintendent to take steps required to eliminate the department.