Sean Myers

Sep 11, 2024 | nbcbayarea.com | Candice Nguyen |Sean Myers |Jeremy Carroll

Exactly one year after Oakland leaders announced a $2.5 million investment to save the city’s failing 911 Emergency Call Center, average answer times remain the worst in California by a wide margin. State data shows, with an average answer time of 50 seconds, Oakland PD is more than triple the state standard of 15 seconds. But city leaders point out that’s progress. Last summer, it was answering 36% of its 911 calls within the 15 seconds standard. This month, that increased to 51%.

Aug 30, 2024 | nbcbayarea.com | Candice Nguyen |Sean Myers |Michael Horn |Alex Bozovic

Oakland’s 911 emergency call center is facing more oversight from state regulators amid the city’s yearslong failure to bring answering times down to the mandated standard. In an August 27 letter addressed to Oakland Police Department’s new police chief, Floyd Mitchell, California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Director Nancy Ward outlines increased monitoring of the city’s beleaguered 911 system.

Aug 10, 2024 | nbcbayarea.com | Jaxon Van Derbeken |Sean Myers |Michael Horn

Oakland is now spending millions of dollars to haul away thousands of cars dumped on its streets every month, but a recent visit to hard hit areas shows wrecks continue to line the streets, railroad tracks and vacant lots.

Jul 24, 2024 | nbcbayarea.com | Candice Nguyen |Jeremy Carroll |Sean Myers |Alex Bozovic

For six years, NBC Bay Area has investigated attacks on public bus operators. Our team found they are being assaulted at an alarming rate in the Bay Area and across the country.  Concerned about the impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 shutdown on these critical frontline workers, our team revisited our original 2018 Driver’s Under Siege reporting.

Jul 2, 2024 | nbcbayarea.com | Candice Nguyen |Sean Myers |Michael Horn

After July 26, Oakland is expected to lose state funding for its emergency communications center and be forced to reroute all its 911 calls through another agency’s calling center. These are the harsh consequences Oakland Police Department’s 911 center is set to face because it’s not able to improve its 911 emergency response time in time for a deadline set by state officials.