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Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Oakland Police After 23 Years

In ending the longest such monitoring in U.S. history, a federal court said the department had mostly complied with reforms mandated by a 2003 settlement after a police brutality lawsuit.

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Judge ends federal oversight of Oakland police department after 23 years

Group of officers known as ‘riders’ in 2000s prompted longest arrangement of its kind in US history After 23 years, a district judge has released the Oakland police department (OPD) from federal oversight, marking the end of the longest arrangement of this kind in US history. In the early 2000s, a group of police officers known as the “riders” were exposed for offenses like planting evidence, falsifying reports and…

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