Description
I heard and saw a sideshow with about 8-10 cars going between 45th and 46th on Market. I called 911 after about 15 minutes since the cars didn't just go away after a few minutes like they normally do. The dispatcher said they had already received multiple reports of this, and an officer was on the way. Then, about 15 minutes later, after no officer intervention, there were about 20 gunshots from different vehicles around 45th-46th-47th St. I called 911 again to report the gunshots while they were happening. 30 minutes later now, I still haven't seen any police on the street at all. Is this really not an incident worth responding to??? OPD, where are you? Dan Kalb, can we please get a physical deterrent to sideshows at 45th and Market? How much closer to someone getting killed do we need to get before hardened centerlines or bott's dots are installed??
also asked...
A. January 22, 2024 01:15
A. 6pm - Midnight
A. More than once a month
A. 45th and Market
A. 10
A. No
2 Comments
Acknowledged City of Oakland (Verified Official)
Starchild (Registered User)
If you're looking for more of a long-term/permanent solution to the problem of people conducting sideshows near where you live, consider lobbying for there to be legal public places for people to hold them so that they're less likely to happen in residential neighborhoods.
When they are criminalized everywhere locally, it's no surprise hobbyists are doing them guerrilla style on city streets.
Others have reported here that the "botts dots" don't really work.