“Crime Fighting in Oakland, An Assessment of the Oakland Police Department,” by Harnett Associates, Dec. 28, 2006″: www.oaklandnet.com/documents/CrimeFightingHarnettReport12206.pdf.

Oakland Police Department, Annual Management Reports: www.oaklandpolice.com/geninfo/manreports.html.

“OPD Staffing Council Report,” April 8, 2008: www.oaklandpolice.com/PatrolStaffingCouncilReport.pdf.

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which tracks crimes, arrests and police department clearance rates: www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm.

The California Department of Justice Criminal Justice Statistics Center, which tracks crimes, arrests and police department clearance rates: ag.ca.gov/cjsc.

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Special investigation:
-Understaffed Oakland department behind other cities in solving homicides
-Oakland homicide clearance numbers vary
-OPD homicide detectives focus on interrogation, sometimes at expense of other investigation
-Law enforcement reports and statistics are available on the Internet
-CHARTS: Homicides in California’s largest cities; Oakland homicide detectives’ case loads, wages, overtime

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