The Oakland Police Department appears closer than ever to shedding federal oversight after 23 years, having finally reached compliance with dozens of court-ordered reforms, according to a report filed by the department’s federal monitor Friday.
Robert Warshaw, the last in a string of monitors overseeing OPD’s long journey to independence, said that the department’s efforts have now resulted in compliance with all 51 reforms, or “tasks,” it was ordered to implement back in 2003.
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