By Cynthia Adams, Carl Chan and Bishop Bob Jackson | Special to California Black Media Partners - Oakland missed a state grant deadline, forfeiting millions of dollars in crime prevention funding, despite having the most dangerous and rapidly rising crime statistics in the Bay Area.
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Francine Kerridge, who has more than three decades of public safety experience, is expected to take over the new Office of Police Oversight on Monday, Sept. 25.