April 7-13: Oakley Police Calls

The following is a sampling of the Oakley Police Calls reported between April 7-13 which focuses on the higher priority call responses in the City of Oakley.

Person Claims to be Oakley Police Chief:

We have become aware of unknown persons claiming to be our police chief calling our residents and asking odd questions. Please be assured nobody from our organization is involved with these calls. If anybody from the Oakley PD calls you, it will be related to a specific case you are or have been involved in. If in doubt, do not provide any information over the phone, hang up, and call Oakley PD at (925) 625-8855 Monday through Friday or (925) 625-8060 any time.

Oakley Police Calls

Auto Burglary

4/11 – 400 block Rocky Mountain Way

Burglary

4/10 – 200 block E Cypress Rd.

DUI

4/13 – Orchard Park & Cypress

Identity Theft

4/8 – 200 block Amberwind Cr.

4/11 – 4400 block Fall Lane

Petty Theft

4/7 – not available

4/11 – 2100 block Laurel Rd.

4/11 – 1100 block Covered Wagon Dr.

4/12 – 1800 block Santa Fe St.

Shoplift

• 4/9 – AMPM
• 4/11 – AM PM at Main & Wilbur

Trespass

• 4/7 – 1400 block Carpenter Rd.

Unauthorized Possession

• 4/7 – W Cypress & Tokay Dr.

Vandalism

• 4/8 – 3800 block Marsh Way (felony)
• 4/11 – 1200 block Sierra Trail Rd.

Vehicle theft

• 4/8 – 800 block O’Hara Ct.
• 4/8 – 800 block O’Hara Ct.
• 4/9 – Havest Cr & Harvest Dr.
• 4/9 – 4500 block La casa Ct.
• 4/9 – 5600 block Truman Lane
• 4/9 – Lauritzen Yacht Harbor

Warrant Arrest

• 4/9 – Norcross & Main St.

Previous Oakley Police Calls

• March 31-April 6:
• March 24-30:
• 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.