OPD Chief Anthony Batts explain public safety strategy in the Prescott…

First let me thank Jonathan Bair for his post at the SFGate Oakland Blog who saved me some work duplicating a post already written, and written quite well by Mary K. Flynn of Oakland North on the New Oakland Police Chief Batts and Mayor Dellums visit to the Prescott Oakland Point neighborhood for a town hall meeting held at Prescott Elementary School.

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Those wondering who is Oakland North; they’re a news project of U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Mayor Dellums & Chief Batts in the Prescott

Are you concern about public safety here in the Prescott?

On Monday, November 2nd; between 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Prescott Elementary School, located at 920 Campbell street (in the Prescott Oakland Point neighborhood) Mayor Dellums introduces Oakland’s New Police Chief Anthony Batts.

Come hear Mayor Dellums and Chief Batts share their vision of public safety

The discussion topics will include:

• Mayor Dellums’ public safety strategy: PIES (Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement, Sustainability)
  
• Chief Batts’ vision for the Oakland Police Department
  
• Crime statistics: crime is down double digits citywide, but more must be done
  
• Community policing: how can OPD work with the community to enhance public safety?
  
• Question and answer session with Mayor Dellums and Chief Batts

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Mayor Ron Dellums: Oakland Technology Exchange-West

Bruce Buckelew, director of Oakland Technology Exchange-West, or OTX-West (located in the Prescott-Oakland Point Neighborhood), joined Mayor Ron Dellums Tuesday at deFremery Park Recreation Center in West Oakland to highlight the effort, as children worked in a 10-computer lab inside.

"Our dedication is to end the digital divide in Oakland," said Buckelew, who founded OTX-West 15 years ago and said the group has refurbished more than 30,000 computers for Oakland families, schools and nonprofit groups since the founding.

In all, more than 200 computers donated by the Port of Oakland have been installed in 20 recreation centers across Oakland, after OTX-West refurbished them, Buckelew said. When the project is finished, every Oakland recreation center will have computers with Internet connections, officials said.

And these aren't low-quality machines: Buckelew said they're Pentium 4 Dell computers, with Windows XP Pro and Google Earth, among other applications.

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