OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Police Officer’s Association is warning of dangerously low staffing and high turnover at the already troubled police department.

The warning came after Oakland was ranked as the second most dangerous place to live in the U.S. by US News and World Report, despite city leaders touting decreased crime rates for the first half of 2025.

The city of Oakland currently funds 678 sworn officers and 300 administrators at OPD, but the police union’s president, Huy Nguyen, said there are only 649 officers on payroll and only 515 officers actively working their beats.

Of those 515, Nguyen said 130 officers are on leave.

"This will be the least amount of active police officers on the street in my 25-year career as an Oakland police officer," said Nguyen.

He said OPD

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