Oakland business owners Adam Stemmler and Henry Wimmer highlight their frustration with the city's crime problem following Tuesday's city meeting.
"The Oakland police force is, per capita, the smallest of a major city, and it has a vast territory to cover. So it really is a multi-tiered problem and it really it's problems with education and economic opportunity along with police force issues," he said.
"It really is a major problem here, not just in Oakland, but in many metropolitan areas. And we as business owners and neighbors, we really want to do our part to help each other keep an eye out to try to deter some of this crime." - Henry Wimmer The over two-hour meeting was streamed on Facebook, and by the end, Kalb said police and other agencies have been submitting grants to help with the situation."It’s going to be hard to do some things, but we’re going to try," he said before closing out the meeting."I think it has to start with dialog," he reasoned.
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