City Attorney Russo - My Word, Crime is Down...

"Credit is due to our police department, to the patrol officers who risk their lives and to the investigators and commanders who are using smarter and more effective tactics to fight crime during difficult times.

Whether or not it's the popular thing to say, one other person deserves some credit — Mayor Ron Dellums. At critical moments, Dellums took a stand to reform policing in Oakland and to fully staff the police department, and it looks like those decisions have helped the department's crime-fighting mission."

From: Oakland Tribune