Oakland police detective’s felony bribery scandal further threatens department’s local control

Several high-ranking Oakland police officers hit with serious discipline in the spring are still waiting for their appeals to be heard, but the city’s police department could face consequences much sooner — even as the threat of a harsher penalty looms.

At a court hearing Wednesday, Judge William Orrick is expected to once again to extend the department’s long era of federal oversight. OPD has remained under the U.S. District Court of Northern California’s watch for over two decades following the infamous Riders brutality scandal.