Oaklanders express concerns about police pursuit policy NBC Bay Area [Video]

Oaklanders rallied and gathered on Wednesday to voice their concerns over the city’s police pursuit policy, claiming it is currently not working and needs to change.

The police commission attempted to clarify any confusion over the policy nearly three weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsm publicly called out the oversight body.

“It has to be chasing to get the consequences done,” said Edward Escobar of the Coalition for Community Engagement. “We need to send a message across the Bay Area that you cannot come here to Oakland for crime tourism.”

The policy issue has become front and center again because Newsom told the police commission that the policy needs to change or he would remove the additional California Highway Patrol help.

“Put us as targets and [blame] us,” said Ricardo Garcia-Acosta, Oakland Police Commissioner Chair. “That has been unfair and misguided.”

According to Garcia-Acosta, the body makes recommendations to the chief, …