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Agenda Item
5 26-0536 Subject: OPD Federal Taskforce 2025 Annual Reports
From: Oakland Police Department
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Of Oakland Police Department's Federal Law Enforcement Agency Task Force Annual Reports
Under OMC 9.72.010, the Privacy Advisory Commission must review and publicly discuss MOUs between OPD and federal agencies before they are executed. That gives that body significant influence over complex intergovernmental law enforcement agreements.
But PAC is a privacy body. It is not a law enforcement body. It does not have operational public safety or investigative expertise.
That creates a mismatch.
These agreements involve violent crime, firearms trafficking, and multi-jurisdictional investigations. Oversight is essential. But we should ask whether Oakland has given a privacy commission outsized gatekeeping authority over core public safety partnerships in a way that few other cities have.
Under OMC 9.72.010, the Privacy Advisory Commission must review and publicly discuss MOUs between OPD and federal agencies before they are executed. That gives that body significant influence over complex intergovernmental law enforcement agreements.
But PAC is a privacy body. It is not a law enforcement body. It does not have operational public safety or investigative expertise.
That creates a mismatch.
These agreements involve violent crime, firearms trafficking, and multi-jurisdictional investigations. Oversight is essential. But we should ask whether Oakland has given a privacy commission outsized gatekeeping authority over core public safety partnerships in a way that few other cities have.