March 24-30: Oakley Police Calls

The following is a sampling of the Oakley Police Calls reported between March 24-30 which focuses on the higher priority call responses in the City of Oakley.

Assault w/Deadly weapon

• 3/30 – Lauritzen Yacht Harbor

Auto Burglary

• 3/27 – not available

Carjacking

• 3/30 – 4200 block Gold Run Dr.

Fraud – False Pretense

• 3/26 – not available

H&S Paraphernalia and Marijuana sale

• 3/28 – Laurel & Live Oak

Identity Theft

• 3/27 – 500 block Stone Mountain
• 3/29 – 500 block Mountain Dr.
• 3/30 – 50 block Sand Crane Ct.

Petty Theft

• 3/24 – 4700 block Wilbur Ave
• 3/27 – 4800 block Mallard Ct.

Possession of Stolen Merchandise

• 3/29 – Main St & Gardenia

Shoplift

• 3/26 – Autozone

Tamper With Vehicle

• 3/24 – 50 block Carol Lane

Vandalism

• 3/24 – not available
• 3/25 – 1200 block W Cypress Rd.
• 3/26 – vintage Elementary School
• 3/27 – 400 block Devon Ct.
• 3/27 – 2100 block Chicory Dr
• 3/28 – 20 block Calisesi Ct.

Vehicle Theft

• 3/27 – 4500 block Alder Dr.
• 3/30 – 1900 block Gateway

Warrant

• 3/26 – 900 block W 7th St.

Previous Oakley Police Calls

• March 17-23
• March 10-16
• March 3-9
• Feb 25-March 3
• Feb 18-24
• Feb 11-17
• Feb 4-10
• Jan 28 – Feb 3
• Jan 14-27
• Jan 1-13

Crime Data 2023

Total Calls for Services – 20,048

• Priority 1 – 2,053 calls (emergency)
• Priority 2 – 2,838 calls (urgent)
• Priority 3 – 15,157 calls (non-urgent)

Calls for Service

• 2023 – 20,048
• 2022 – 25,003
• 2021 – 27,036

Beard called the 20% drop in calls for service an “anomaly” and he was still trying to figure out why.

“Some of that is related to work they have done, some of this are things I cannot answer for. I believe some of this is people just not calling for some types of incidents,” stated Beard.

Robberies:

Beard explained the jump in robberies is due to a single person going into the 4 retail centers, stealing property (essentially a petty theft), but then being confronted by an employee and that turn into a physical confrontation.’

“Because that physical confrontation is related to a theft, its classified as a robbery,” stated Beard who also pointed out that was not the case in all 23 robberies, including violent robberies with guns, but wanted to point out why the increase occurred.

Vehicle Thefts

He shared that up until last fall, they were even with previous years but then it increased. He added that it was not just Oakley, but the entire region got hit with more stolen vehicles. In Oakley, as of the presentation the city is at 23 stolen vehicles in 2024.

“Sounds bad, it is. I would like to see none. But there are other local jurisdictions in the hundreds and I feel horrible for what they are going thought but lets keep things in perspective if we can for what we do have going on here in Oakley,” shared Beard.

Oakley K9 Team