A blue city mayor facing a recall election touted that crime was “down” in a recent speech, but the city’s police association doesn’t think the Democrat’s claim holds water.
In her State of the City address, Democratic Mayor Sheng Thao claimed violent and non-violent crime such as “burglaries, car thefts, and break-ins” were down, saying the city’s overall progress was “nothing short of inspiring.” However, Oakland Police Officers Association (OPOA) President Huy Nguyen told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Thao is taking a premature victory lap, as certain crime data will be incomplete until at least early 2025.
“The number of homicides, those numbers are accurate,” Nguyen told the DCNF. “But other crimes across the board are not accurate because the reporting system is not up to date, and that we won’t have that information until a little bit past…
