{"id":190981,"date":"2023-08-09T12:13:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=183091"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:28:09","slug":"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Oakland_Police-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183092\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This was recently posted to OPD&#8217;s Facebook page.  (<em>Photo: OPD<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">3<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-opd-carry-air-horns\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\" data-level=\"2\">OPD: Carry Air Horns!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-other-safety-tips-include-nbsp\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\" data-level=\"2\">Other Safety Tips Include:&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-opd-response-times\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\" data-level=\"2\">OPD Response Times<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-city-leaders-silent-about-2a-rights\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\" data-level=\"2\">City Leaders Silent About 2A Rights<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-opd-carry-air-horns\">OPD: Carry Air Horns!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Crime is surging in Oakland, California. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per city numbers, burglaries are up by 41% and robberies by more than 20%.&nbsp; Rape is up 12%.  If there\u2019s good news, it\u2019s that homicides are down 14%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcement is now advising residents to follow various safety tips to reduce their chances of becoming a victim.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among them is for one to keep and bear\u2026 an air horn, as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/08\/us\/oakland-crime-increase-naacp-residents\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\">CNN<\/a><\/em> reported. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-safety-tips-include-nbsp\">Other Safety Tips Include:&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remain calm.&nbsp; Do not resist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always be aware of your surroundings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not be distracted by electronic devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be discreet with your property, this includes purses, phones, jewelry, and other valuable&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When possible, walk with another person.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk in well-lit, high-traffic areas.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One resident, Toni Bird, spoke to <em>CNN<\/em> about how bad it\u2019s gotten in the city. &nbsp;Bird\u2019s 60-year-old neighbor, David Schneider, was fatally shot while doing yard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople aren\u2019t feeling safe out of their house,\u201d she said. \u201cIt makes sense that you would want to protect your house then, right? You would barricade it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To harden her home, Bird\u2019s invested in security cameras and air horns.&nbsp; She has five of the former and three of the latter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/supreme-court-lets-bidens-frame-receiver-rule-stand-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\">Supreme Court Let\u2019s Biden\u2019s Frame, Receiver Rule Stand For Now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe types of crime that we\u2019re seeing feel much more violent and the consequences feel much more severe,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd it feels like the people that are being targeted are people who are vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird hopes that her defensive posture will be enough of a deterrent to keep the bad guys away.  If not, she hopes that someone will heed the honk of her air horn and come to the rescue.  Or that someone will call the police on her behalf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-opd-response-times\">OPD Response Times<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that, as of June 2023, an <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/oakland-911-crisis\/3266349\/#:~:text=California%20data%20analyzed%20by%20NBC,seconds%20as%20of%20June%202023.\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\">NBC Bay Area <\/a><\/em>investigation found that Oakland has the second slowest 911 response time in the entire state, averaging 54 seconds.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, a victim will have to wait nearly a full minute before she even speaks to a live dispatcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How long it takes officers to arrive at the scene of a high-priority incident, like a violent home invasion or a rape, is another matter altogether.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per 2022 data analyzed by<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/06\/09\/oakland-crime-police-response-times-skyrocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\"> <em>The San Francisco Standard<\/em><\/a>, it&#8217;s about 20 minutes on average. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Average_response_time-1024x383.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183093\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<em>Photo: The San Francisco Standard<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-city-leaders-silent-about-2a-rights\">City Leaders Silent About 2A Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While airhorns and security cameras may serve as a temporary deterrent, their effectiveness against serious threats is highly dubious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These recommendations from OPD underscore a more profound concern: the conspicuous silence from city leaders on an individual&#8217;s right to keep and bear arms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a response raises questions about the broader strategies to keep Oakland criminals in check, leaving little doubt that those in charge would prefer one be a hapless victim than an armed citizen responder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"oakland-police-advice-to-citizens-amid-crime-surge-carry-airhorns-dont-resist\" title=\"Oakland Police Advice to Citizens Amid Crime Surge: Carry Air Horns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement is now advising residents to follow various safety tips to reduce their chances of becoming a victim. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":183092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,240],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-190981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oakland Police Advice Crime Surge: Carry Airhorns, Don\u2019t Resist\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oakland police respond to crime rise: advocate for airhorns and non-resistance. 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