OAKLAND — The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to accept federal funds to continue hosting its celebrated but controversial disaster training program in the face of activists who ...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to continue supporting the sheriff's office's controversial "Urban Shield" first-responder training exercise despite strong opposition ...
The Urban Shield law enforcement training program has been mischaracterized as merely a SWAT-team exercise and weapons expo. I was present during the meeting in 2007 when then-newly elected Alameda ...