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Public Safety Committee · Jul 14, 2026

Tuesday2 h 35 min4 officials identified18 public speakers9 agenda itemsRoll call: 3 present, 1 excused (clerk)Video: KTOP

The longest item after routine business: OPD Surveillance Technology 2025 Annual Reports, 41 min of this 2 h 35 min meeting.

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15 of 16 meetings transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026.This meeting: Jul 14, 2026
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Agenda · 9 itemsShowHide
  1. 3:22Roll Call / Call To Order8 min · Routine business
  2. 12:10OPD Surveillance Technology 2025 Annual Reports41 min
  3. 54:01Operational Agreement Between City Of Oakland And Alameda County For Period From Ratification Through December 31, 203516 min · Fire and emergency services
  4. 1:10:45Apricot 2026 Annual Report And Amended Use Policy17 min
  5. 1:28:27Contract With Bright Research Group For Training And Capacity Building Services9 min
  6. 1:38:22Item title withheldit could name a private person · 13 min · Policing and public safety
  7. 1:51:35OPD RSI Helicopter Maintenance Contract21 min · Policing and public safety · 1 clip
  8. 2:13:23MOU Between The City of Oakland And The California Highway Patrol9 min · Policing and public safety
  9. 2:22:27Open Forum13 min · General public comment

What happened

Each sentence checked against the transcript.

  1. The committee approved the draft minutes of the June 23rd, 2026 meeting, announced as “Item 1 passes with 3 ayes, 1 excused.”6:00
  2. An OPD presenter gave 2025 annual reports on surveillance technologies and asked to remove the automated license plate reader report from the item.10:23

Quotes

Officials only, in order.

I’m looking at the funding table and I’m noticing that, um, the item— the half a million is coming from the general fund And then it said Project Reimagining Public Safety. So my question is, was this something that was budgeted in the, in the budget, or is this an additional allocation?Rowena Brown · At-Large1:33:17
I mean, they should be able to have drones that can fly in bad weather technology. We can go to the moon, come back, you know, do all this right along with the flock cameras, can’t they?Ken Houston · Councilmember1:57:33

Who spoke

4 officials identified · talk time, most first.

Roll call: 3 present, 1 excused, 0 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 18 speakers.

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Hamlet, “Public Safety Committee, Jul 14, 2026: Oakland.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/oakland/public-safety/meetings/2026-07-14. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Jul 14, 2026.