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The Oakland Police Department is a community focused, interactive law enforcement agency. In continuing our efforts to answer citizen inquiries and address issues of interest to our community we encourage you to send us any comments or ask questions you may have regarding service we provide. Hearing from you will help us stay up to date with your needs and help direct us toward innovative solutions.

Currently, nine friendly full time Police Officers and up to ten Reserve Police Officers provide police and community services that make the Town of Oakland one of the safest communities in Central Florida.

The Oakland Police Department is dispatched by the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Calls for service are then sent to Oakland Officers via radio and Mobile Date Terminals in Oakland patrol units.

The following numbers should be used in order for the Oakland Police Department to respond in a timely manner:
Emergencies: 911
Non-Emergencies: 407-836-HELP (4357) (Orange County Sheriff's Dispatch)

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The Oakland Police Department Website should not be relied upon for emergency services and is no way designed to serve as an alternative to the emergency services provided by 911 telephone service. If you have an emergency do not hesitate to contact 911.


You can read more about the history of the Oakland Police Department here: Department History

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Officers Train for Bad Guys
Posted on: June 29, 2009, 1:38 pm

Some of the best training law enforcement officers receive is the training that comes long after their academy experience. In reality, each and every training exercise provides reinforcement and updated knowledge to the officer. High liability training is offered to officers regularly throughout their career to assure proper and safe procedures are followed. Annually, all members of the Oakland Police Department complete the state mandated firearms qualification course and must meet several other requirements associated with high liability training each year. Officers are annually trained in Use of Force procedures and a review of the Department's Use of Force Policy is conducted during most all training sessions addressing firearms and intermediate weapons. One of the intermediate weapons utilized by officers at the Oakland Police Department is the TASER. An electroshock weapon used to temporarily incapacitate a bad guy by subduing the person by administering an electric shock that may disrupt superficial muscle functions. The TASER gun that fires projectiles which administer the electric shock has been issued to officers at the Oakland Police Department since 2004 who have been certified in it use. The TASER has proven to be a beneficial intermediate weapon to assure bad guys comply without the officer having to go hands on with the suspect thus reducing potential injury to the suspect and the officer. Officers are regularly trained with this instrument and must also take the electric charge from it in order to be certified. To maintain certification, officers must go through the training every two years. Shown to the left is Officer Brodsky taking the charge from a TASER during a recent recertification training offered by OKPD TASER Instructor Steve Valente at our Public Safety emergency vehicle bay at our station. Oakland officers constantly prepare themselves to properly handle all high liability situations through repetitive training. For more information about some of our high liability training, see our past news below for April 2008.

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1st Oakland PD Citizen Police Academy Graduates 9
Posted on: May 26, 2009, 3:44 pm

The Oakland Police Department completed it first Citizen Police Academy on Saturday, May 23rd. The class which offered comprehensive instruction by certified Oakland police officers over a five week period covered topics of patrol, learning officer safety issues, officer techniques and patrol tactics, DUI, Investigations including narcotics and investigative techniques, Use of Force explaining procedures and policies as they associate with firearms, Taser and other weapons, as well as reporting procedures, communications and community policing. Classes were well received by students and seems to have been a huge hit with local citizens. The first class of its kind offered in Oakland graduated nine students following its final class held at the Lake County Sheriff's Office Firearms Range. The photo to the left depicts the class. In the front row from left to right are Joshua Cope, Fred Sheperd, Lavonne Jones, Cherie LaFaver, and Kena Bracey. Back row from left is Chief Tim Driscoll, Jeannette Allen, Allen "Skip" Whitman, William Colvin, Maio Impellizeri and Lt. Wes Osselyn. Following firearms and use of force training, the group was treated to a BBQ and graduation. As the first class was a limited size group, the original application response was great. The Oakland Police Department will maintain all applications of those who did not attend the first class and leave the application form on their web site for those who want to apply for the next class. OKPD hopes to host this class twice annually and is making plans for their second class anticipated to begin this fall. If interested, please download the CPA Registration Form of the police web site www.oaklandpd.com and return it to the Oakland Police Department. The class met each Thursday evening for five weeks and also took tours of Orange Co. EOC, Orange County School Security Dispatch Center and the Orange Co. Jail. Congratulations to all.

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2009 Law Enforcement Officer Memorial
Posted on: May 12, 2009, 12:20 pm

Chief Driscoll was proud to see officers recognize their fallen fellow officers with memorial bands over their badges yesterday as Orange County Law Enforcement agencies designated May 7, 2009 as our day for remembrance of our own fallen heroes. Officers from all eleven Orange County municipal police agencies, Orange County Sheriff's Deputies, Officers from the Univ. of Central FL and agents from state and federal agencies based in Orange County marched the streets of downtown Orlando during evening hours bringing recognition for officers who gave their lives on duty. Currently there are 38 officers from various local agencies engraved on the LEO Memorial on the courthouse steps. Thankfully, no members name was needed to be added from a 2008 incident. Ofc. Bob Singer and Ofc. Peter Graham were also commended for representing our agency on the front steps of the Orange County Courthouse during the evening services, which were attended by approximately 250 officers including Chief Driscoll and Oakland Town Commission Joseph McMullen and his daughter. In fact, it was the first service Commissioner McMullen attended to which he mentioned he was moved by the event and anticipates returning annually. A special prayer also goes out to Ofc. Creegan and his family, who attended his first Orange County LEO Memorial Service in an Oakland PD uniform in honor of his father who paid the ultimate sacrifice while working for the OCSO in 1996. I am sure his father would be very proud as we are to have Chris as part of our family. May 10 – 16, 2009 is National Police Week. National LEO Memorial Day will be recognized on May 13th and our flag will fly at half-mast that day in remembrance of those who gave all. The following link is a local news video of the May 7, 2009 evening services which you can copy and paste to your browser to view. http://www.cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer2/MediaPlayer.htm?video=LEOMEMORIAL_050820091016&cat=Local&title=Fallen%20Officers%20Honored%20At%20Memorial

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