The Oakland Police Department is committed to reducing crime and serving the community through fair, quality policing.
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) Alcohol Beverage Action Team (ABAT) investigated an unlicensed smoke shop in West Oakland. On June 6, 2025, the ABAT team responded to tips from community members indicating that illegal activity was taking place at a shop in the 3200 Block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is investigating multiple crimes that occurred on June 10, 2025. Around 8:40 p.m., OPD officers responded to a vehicle collision at the intersection of 34th Avenue and International Boulevard. While at the scene, several people threw objects at the officers, damaging a fully marked police vehicle and cracking its windshield. Fortunately, the officer was not injured.
The investigation began in February of this year, following a robbery in West Oakland involving a group of individuals. When officers attempted a traffic stop on the suspect’s vehicle, the driver intentionally struck two vehicles, one of which was a fully marked police vehicle, as they avoided being arrested.
Chief Of Police
In May 2024, Chief Floyd Mitchell joined the Oakland Police Department (OPD), bringing with him nearly 30 years of leadership and experience in law enforcement.
Chief Mitchell began his career as a patrol officer with the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, where he served for 25 years. He then moved to Texas to lead the Temple Police Department before being appointed as the 23rd police chief for the City of Lubbock in 2019, a position he held until September 2023.
Chief Mitchell, a veteran of the United States Air Force, earned a Master of Business Administration from Baker University. He graduated from the Certified Public Manager Program at Texas State University.
He completed the 236th session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and attended the Senior Management Institute for Policing (SMIP) at Boston College.
Police Administration Building
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