The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that Oakland police can be held responsible when bystanders are injured, or ...

A federal appeals court ruled two OPD officers cannot claim “qualified immunity” in a lawsuit over the 2022 “ghost chase” ...

Lolomania “Lolo” Soakai, 28, of Hayward, was killed when a fleeing suspect crashed into him on International Boulevard in ...

Oakland police can be sued for engaging in a high-speed chase, with no sirens or warning lights, that ended in a crash ...

The appellate panel rejected Oakland police officers' argument that they couldn't be held liable for violating bystanders' ...

A Press Herald review of each department's chase policies shows the large-scale police response violated some of their own rules ... she posed a threat to law enforcement. "Pursuits are something ...

But drawing from their decision in an Austin police chase crash case late last year ... and the city was protected by governmental immunity, a legal protection from suit or civil liability.