Updated 10:33 p.m. Tuesday, June 2
A just-released consultant’s report suggests the Alameda Police Department consider shuttering its jail and contracting with a non-profit to operate its animal shelter in an effort to save money. But …

Updated 8:58 a.m. Thursday, March 12
Alameda’s top-ranking female cop is suing the police department, claiming she was discriminated against due to her gender and sexual orientation and that department staff retaliated against her with investigations …

The city council unanimously okayed a new police contract Tuesday night that offers no pay increases but tentatively maintains some health and welfare benefits that some council members have complained are too expensive.
Police had been …

The City Council is set to approve a contract with its police union. The term of the contract, which includes the same health benefits but no pay raises, is from January 6, 2008 through January …