Roselyn Romero
Public Safety and Small Business Reporter at The Oaklandside
Pronounced ROSE-lin, not RAWZ-lin. Reporting on public safety @Oaklandside. DMs are off the record. She/her. @aaja 🇵🇭 DM for Signal. Bluesky: roselynr
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Jose Fermoso |Roselyn Romero
Students, teachers, and residents of Oakland’s Clinton neighborhood gathered at 12th Avenue and E. 21st Street Friday evening to remember the life of Marvin Boomer. Boomer was killed Wednesday around 7:45 p.m. when a suspect fleeing from the California Highway Patrol struck a fire hydrant, which broke off and smashed into the Castlemont High School teacher, who was out walking with his wife.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Roselyn Romero
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office is refocusing its attention on prosecutions and “lifting up victims of crime.”That was District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson’s main message at a press conference in the René C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland on Thursday. Sworn in as the new DA on Feb. 18, Jones Dickson was selected by the county Board of Supervisors to replace Pamela Price, whom voters recalled in November 2024.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Roselyn Romero
MACRO, Oakland’s non-police response program that addresses quality of life issues and helps people experiencing homelessness and some behavioral health issues, is in dire need of reform, according to a range of people, including some who have supported the program as well as critics. Launched in April 2022 and housed in the Oakland Fire Department, the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland program diverts non-emergency calls from the Oakland Police Department to unarmed civilians.
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2 weeks ago |
oaklandside.org | Roselyn Romero |Jose Fermoso
The Oakland Police Department will likely lift a rule put in place in 2022 that some residents say makes it more difficult for officers to chase suspects. That outcome is expected after a Thursday night meeting of the Oakland Police Commission saw dozens of residents supporting OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell’s proposal to rescind Special Order 9212, which requires officers to end a chase if they or the suspect’s speed reaches or exceeds 50 mph without commander approval.
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2 weeks ago |
berkeleyside.org | Roselyn Romero
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36 last November, which toughened penalties for certain theft and drug crimes. The result was widely viewed as a sign that many Californians want to embrace harsher penalties for crimes like shoplifting and commercial burglaries. Supporters say it will help police and prosecutors crack down on lawlessness.
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