4 21-0012 Subject: Re-Allocate Funds To OPD Missing Persons Unit And DVP
From: Vice Mayor Kaplan
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 88174 C.M.S., Which Adopted The Fiscal Year 2020-21 Mid-Cycle Budget Adjustments, To: 1. Delete 1.00 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Public Information Officer I Position In The Oakland Police Department (OPD) Public Information Office And Add 1.00 FTE Public Information Officer I Position In The OPD Missing Persons Unit; 2. Delete 1.00 FTE Police Services Technician II Position In The OPD Special Victims Section And Add 1.00 FTE Police Services Technician Ii Position In The OPD Missing Persons Unit; And 3. Delete 1.00 FTE Police Evidence Technician Position In The OPD Criminal Investigation Division And Add 1.00 FTE Police Evidence Technician Position In The OPD Missing Person Unit
Yes, Cutting Police Services is Against the Law, We voted Legislation to staff a minimum of Officers, Period...
The $192 Million Covid Reecovery Funds, not balance misuse of finds of previous Budget Mr Raskin. You are paid the Big Bucks, to make sure the Funds help the ones who need it. Not Non Profits Bottom Line. The Social Services on the Street needs OPD on site for their security. Measure Q gave the 1rst Direct Funding for Homeless. First 2 Stimulus Packages provided for Homeless, In Oakland the Non Profits left nothing for the 12th Avenue Homeless. Now another Fire Today. Measure Q, Another Council Pot Belly prank, "Measure Q was to have the widest, Greatest security as to no City misuse of Funds.". There should ne no Homeless Issue". Unlike any other City. We voted funds for it.. If the "Non's" are problem, give cash directly to those that are forced out of camps... It's better served. D5 directly sends Money to non profit that cannot even clean its own Back Yard.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
My name is Emily Prieto-Tseregounis and I work in Oakland and I am in favor of allocating more resources to the OPD to fund their Missing Persons Unit (MPU). OPD needs more personnel in order to resolve all of their missing person cases that remain open. That is why I urge the Oakland City Council to approve this request.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
I work in Oakland and I support the reallocation of much needed funds to the OPD Missing Persons Unit. There are too many open missing person cases that need to be resolved, not to mention future cases that will need to be addressed in a timely and efficient manner by highly trained personnel, which is why I urge you to approve this resolution. Thank you.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
The Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year. These funds should be used to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the mistakes and failures which happened with Jonathan Bandabaila, Priscilla Castro or Tatiana Sunshine Dugger's cases. A Police Evidence Technician and Police Specialist II can't help with the preliminary investigative steps or write search warrants. They don't have the authority to ping cellphones or check the Automated License Plate Reader database. They can't authorize or lead search parties. They can't request a Coast Guard water search or activate mutual-aid FBI resources. The mistakes made in Jonathan’s case were caused by various factors: understaffing, insufficient training, mentoring and supervision, especially for new MP investigators; outdated, antiquated policies and procedures, no social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, no policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and also having only 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert within OPD. Vote YES for Jonathan Bandabaila, Priscilla Castro, Tatiana Sunshine Dugger and the families who will need OPD in the future.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
-Corey Raynor
Comment: I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the mistakes and failures which happened with my little brother Jonathan Bandabaila, Priscilla Castro or Tatiana Sunshine Dugger's cases. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. We have waited for a moment like this for 677 days, please change the resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
I am Jonathan Bandabaila's older sister, Sia Bandabaila. I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. Can you imagine what it's like to live for 677 days without knowing where your loved one is, whether he's ok or what happened to him? That's been my reality since Jonathan disappeared on 5/3/19 and we called OPD for help. We had no idea that we'd be waiting for hours before an officer would be dispatched then later arrive at our home to take the initial report. We didn't know that since Jonathan went missing on a weekend, the report would sit in an inbox for days before being assigned to an investigator. We never felt that OPD was actively looking for Jonathan. Every investigative step taken in his case came after repeated requests, voicemail messages, emails, meetings with Chief Kirkpatrick, Deputy Chiefs, Lieutenants, Police Commissioners and community advocates. OPD's MP Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and it was reported to Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the MP Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families like us? Today is your change to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
Yes, Cutting Police Services is Against the Law, We voted Legislation to staff a minimum of Officers, Period...
The $192 Million Covid Reecovery Funds, not balance misuse of finds of previous Budget Mr Raskin. You are paid the Big Bucks, to make sure the Funds help the ones who need it. Not Non Profits Bottom Line. The Social Services on the Street needs OPD on site for their security. Measure Q gave the 1rst Direct Funding for Homeless. First 2 Stimulus Packages provided for Homeless, In Oakland the Non Profits left nothing for the 12th Avenue Homeless. Now another Fire Today. Measure Q, Another Council Pot Belly prank, "Measure Q was to have the widest, Greatest security as to no City misuse of Funds.". There should ne no Homeless Issue". Unlike any other City. We voted funds for it.. If the "Non's" are problem, give cash directly to those that are forced out of camps... It's better served. D5 directly sends Money to non profit that cannot even clean its own Back Yard.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
My name is Emily Prieto-Tseregounis and I work in Oakland and I am in favor of allocating more resources to the OPD to fund their Missing Persons Unit (MPU). OPD needs more personnel in order to resolve all of their missing person cases that remain open. That is why I urge the Oakland City Council to approve this request.
-Emily
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
I work in Oakland and I support the reallocation of much needed funds to the OPD Missing Persons Unit. There are too many open missing person cases that need to be resolved, not to mention future cases that will need to be addressed in a timely and efficient manner by highly trained personnel, which is why I urge you to approve this resolution. Thank you.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
The Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year. These funds should be used to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the mistakes and failures which happened with Jonathan Bandabaila, Priscilla Castro or Tatiana Sunshine Dugger's cases. A Police Evidence Technician and Police Specialist II can't help with the preliminary investigative steps or write search warrants. They don't have the authority to ping cellphones or check the Automated License Plate Reader database. They can't authorize or lead search parties. They can't request a Coast Guard water search or activate mutual-aid FBI resources. The mistakes made in Jonathan’s case were caused by various factors: understaffing, insufficient training, mentoring and supervision, especially for new MP investigators; outdated, antiquated policies and procedures, no social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, no policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and also having only 1 trained cellphone subject matter expert within OPD. Vote YES for Jonathan Bandabaila, Priscilla Castro, Tatiana Sunshine Dugger and the families who will need OPD in the future.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and responsive Missing Persons Unit.
-Corey Raynor
Comment: I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. OPD's Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and this was reported to the City Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the Missing Persons Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families? Today is your chance to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer. The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the failures that happened with Jonathan, Priscilla and Tatiana. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. Use your power to change this resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
The resolution as it reads today will not have the impact or correct the mistakes and failures which happened with my little brother Jonathan Bandabaila, Priscilla Castro or Tatiana Sunshine Dugger's cases. The Missing Person's Unit also needs sufficient training, mentoring and supervision, updated policies and procedures, a social media policy to specify and mandate how officers shall utilize this resource for missing persons cases, a policy to specify and mandate how the Public Information Officer shall assist and collaborate on missing person cases and OPD needs more than 1 trained cellphone subject matter. We have waited for a moment like this for 677 days, please change the resolution to include everything that OPD needs to have a fully staffed, trained and effective Missing Persons Unit.
I am Jonathan Bandabaila's older sister, Sia Bandabaila. I support the City Council reallocating funding to fully staff the Oakland Police Department's Missing Persons Unit. Can you imagine what it's like to live for 677 days without knowing where your loved one is, whether he's ok or what happened to him? That's been my reality since Jonathan disappeared on 5/3/19 and we called OPD for help. We had no idea that we'd be waiting for hours before an officer would be dispatched then later arrive at our home to take the initial report. We didn't know that since Jonathan went missing on a weekend, the report would sit in an inbox for days before being assigned to an investigator. We never felt that OPD was actively looking for Jonathan. Every investigative step taken in his case came after repeated requests, voicemail messages, emails, meetings with Chief Kirkpatrick, Deputy Chiefs, Lieutenants, Police Commissioners and community advocates. OPD's MP Unit has been understaffed since at least 2007 with only 2 detectives assigned to investigate an average of 1000 cases per year and it was reported to Council each year in their Annual Report. For 14 years, the MP Unit has been understaffed. How was that allowed to continue? How did everyone ignore thousands of community members and their families like us? Today is your change to right a wrong and allocate these funds to add 3-4 additional full-time investigators to the unit, as well as a dedicated Public Information Officer.