
Oakland Police Chief responds to city slashing PD budget amid crime surge: 'We have a crisis on our hands'
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Oakland Police Chief Leronne Armstrong joined "Fox News Primetime" on Tuesday to sound off exclusively on what he called the crisis facing both his department and his city.
A measured Armstrong criticized the city council's decision, telling host Jesse Watters the move will have grave impact on police response times and more. Watters noted that crime has gotten so bad in Oakland that a television news crew was robbed in front of city hall while interviewing a city official from the office of violence prevention. Homicides and carjackings both doubled in that city last year, he reported. "There are people who believe that less resources and violence prevention will make the city safer but we [at Oakland PD] clearly don't believe you need to reduce police forces in order to achieve safety," Armstrong said.More Related News