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NEW: Today we are publishing an analysis of 442,812 calls to the Oakland Police Department in 2019. The analysis found only 4% of calls to police are for violent crime, and that 1% of police calls take up 57% of police time (based on their own record keeping).

Let's dig in. 🤓

The data is published in a report we submitted responding to the final recommendations issued by Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. The Task Force was set up because we've called to #DefundOPD for 5 years & YOU took to the streets last summer.
antipoliceterrorproject.org/oakland-is-rea…

Last summer the NYT asked: "How do police actually spend their time?"

We realized in Oakland we didn't know how the Police, who cost us half our city budget(!), actually spend their time.

nytimes.com/2020/06/19/ups…

It's a crucial question as both Oakland and cities across the country seek to reallocate police funding to so that we can actually be safe.

We got a hold of raw data based on 442,812 calls made to 911 in 2019.

Here's what they spend their time on:

Traffic wardens should be responding to calls about traffic violations, mental health providers should be responding to calls to help someone experiencing a mental health crisis, and so on.

#DefundOPD
#ReimaginePublicSafety

"This data tells us that the vast majority of police time is spent on things we don’t need to pay cops to do. To actually keep us safe, we must invest in community resources like education, housing, mental health support & living wage jobs for BIPOC Oaklanders" @CatsCommentary

In the Defund Oakland Police Coalition report we included a section on the revenue streams to pay for these shifts in practice & new community safety programs.

It's a powerful report.

We encourage everyone who cares about public safety to read it: antipoliceterrorproject.org/oakland-is-rea…

We encourage members of the public to join the next community listening session TONIGHT at 6pm to share feedback on the recommendations before they are sent to the City Council for implementation.

oaklandca.gov/topics/reimagi…