Police-Related Legal Costs Spike in Oakland
The total legal costs for police misconduct was $13.1 million last year, according to OPD records.
By Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
On the morning of December 15 2005, then-Oakland Police Officer Ingo Mayer pulled over Troy Lucas and Kirby Bradshaw as the pair was driving on 32nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in West Oakland. As was common practice among OPD…
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