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Community urges data transparency, school partnerships and clarity about MACRO as Oakland commission finalizes plan
Summary
Public commenters at the April 20 Oakland commission meeting pressed for accessible dashboards, stronger school partnerships and clearer oversight and performance metrics for MACRO and violence-prevention programs; the Department of Violence Prevention described existing pilots and an MOU with the county office of education.
Community members used the April 20 meeting to press the commission and city departments for clearer data, school partnerships and more community-led prevention.
Ryan Hunt (District 4) told the commission that civilian and community-based responses should get more funding and roles and called for consolidated, accessible statistics so residents can evaluate city performance. "We should increase funding and increase roles for civilian and community based responses whenever possible because they are the closest to the pain of the problem," Hunt said, and he urged a public-facing dashboard compiling OPD, OFD and DVP statistics.
Public commenter David Boatwright congratulated the commission on the draft report but urged outcome…
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