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I live in Berkeley. My girlfriend and I were robbed in Oakland at gunpoint in June. We reported everything to the OPD. My iPad was sending out information about
by YuriNiyazov 13y ago
I live in Berkeley. My girlfriend and I were robbed in Oakland at gunpoint in June. We reported everything to the OPD. My iPad was sending out information about its location for weeks. I forwarded that information to the OPD. The detective assigned to my case never called me back. We don't go to Oakland anymore unless it's passing through via BART, nice restaurants and other culture be damned. The amount of enjoyment I get from seeing your cool new funky band and trying your cool new food is dwarfed by the amount of shit feelings I get when dealing with having guns pointed at me and an unresponsive police department.
- dkl 13y agoI used to live in Berkeley, and two people were robbed at gun point in my neighborhood. Shit like this happens everywhere. I don't think Berkeley is that much safer than Oakland. Just my opinion.
- YuriNiyazov 13y agoShit happens everywhere. The BPD, unlike the OPD, is excellent at follow up. That's what makes all the difference, and makes one place safer than another.
- dkl 13y agoI don't agree with that. I had two home burglaries. Never any followup from them on that. Again, sample size is everything.
- allochthon 13y agoThis article gave me a necessary adrenaline rush. I live in Oakland and was mugged a year or so by a group of young kids walking through my neighborhood. They stole my phone and made a bunch of phone calls. I traced the phone calls back to individuals who no doubt knew the perpetrators and compiled a spreadsheet that I sent to the Oakland Police Department. They never called me back. In the small apartment complex where I live, at least three other people were mugged at some point.