Retired Oakland Police Officer Recruits Locals To Police Their Own City [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 3/26/154:00 AM

Police departments around the county are under more and more pressure to diversify. In Oakland, Calif., officials say police-community relations also might be improved by increasing the number of cops who actually live in the city.

Margaret Dixon, a fiery retired Oakland police officer, grew up in a rough part of this city of 400,000. These days she's teaching classes at Merritt College, an Oakland community college — including one on policing and community relations.

After 25 years on Oakland's police force, Dixon uses her classes as a kind recruiting ground to get more young people like Manuel Rodriguez to follow in her footsteps.

[For more of this story, written by Tara Siler, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/codes...olice-their-own-city]

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