Police Commission · Feb 12, 2026
Regular Community Meeting 2.12.12026, Thursday3 h 55 min6 officials identified6 public speakersVideo: KTOP
Agenda item 5 was a special public hearing on the mayor’s executive orders and OPD policies, with the interim police chief present to answer commissioners' questions.
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- Agenda item 5 was a special public hearing on the mayor’s executive orders and OPD policies, with the interim police chief present to answer commissioners' questions.1:22:33
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There’s an area that says the Oakland Police Department shall not enforce nor assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, officials in enforcing civil immigration violations to the fullest extent by the law.Ricardo Garcia Acosta · Commission chair · Selection Panel Appointee1:26:29
If you get 911 calls about people being snatched off the street and there’s no identifiers on them, how are your officers being trained to respond to determine if these are federal agents or if someone’s actually posing as one?Shane Williams · Commissioner · Mayoral Appointee1:47:16
What is this, 415? It’s copyrighted 1995 to 2015 and printed in 2017. Has this been reviewed or updated in light of our current environment? Because Section 415.5 does state that the Chief of Police or the Chief’s designee has the discretion to comply with an ICE detainer request, which to me seems in conflict with the mayor’s executive order.Angela Jackson-Castain · Commissioner · Selection Panel Appointee1:56:28
Theoretically, if, uh, if a license plate reader were to pick something up, would you be able to cross-reference that with like an official federal car or a rental car issued by the feds?Ricardo Garcia Acosta · Commission chair · Selection Panel Appointee2:21:38
I’m happy to report out that we’ve, we’ve been working with the city administrator’s office to identify a professional firm to help us with the recruitment for the Oakland police chief, and we are happy to announce that that firm has been selected.Shane Williams · Commissioner · Mayoral Appointee3:38:23
Who spoke
6 officials identified · talk time, most first.
- Ricardo Garcia AcostaCommission chair · Selection Panel Appointee · 35 minFirst speaks at 8:56
- Omar FarmerCommissioner · 11 minFirst speaks at 1:59:00
- Angela Jackson-CastainCommissioner · Selection Panel Appointee · 4.5 minFirst speaks at 1:56:25
- Evelio GrilloCommissioner · 4.1 minFirst speaks at 2:52:46
- Shane WilliamsCommissioner · Mayoral Appointee · 3.5 minFirst speaks at 1:47:12
- Shawana BookerVice chair · Mayoral Appointee · 2.4 minFirst speaks at 1:49:51
Public comment: 6 speakers.
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Hamlet, “Police Commission, Feb 12, 2026: Oakland.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/oakland/police/meetings/2026-02-12. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Feb 12, 2026.