Sharp downturn in use of force at Oakland Police Department

Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle (registration required), Sept. 2, 2015

The falling numbers are a good indication that police-community relations are improving, according to Barry Krisberg, a UC Berkeley criminologist. “Oakland has been pretty quiet compared to the 600 bullets fired in Stockton, or some pretty horrendous lethal-force incidents in San Jose,” he said.