	Oakland's fallen officers remembered during annual ceremony A name is read aloud. A date. Then silence, broken only by the sound of heels clicking against the white, shiny floor of the Oakland Police Department lobby. A wife, a mother, a son or a sister — stoic and composed, or blinking back tears — walks past fellow mourners to add a white rose to a badge-shaped display of red carnations

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MAP: One Gunman, Two Gunbattles

After the first shooting of two police officers on MacArthur Blvd., the gunman fled to a nearby apartment complex.

SLIDE SHOW: An Emotional Farewell

Photos: Thousands attend funeral in Oakland.

SLIDE SHOW: Remembering the Fallen

Photos: Relatives, friends and the public say good-bye to four officers.

SLIDE SHOW: Oakland Vigil

Photos: Oakland vigil for police officers

SLIDE SHOW: Police Killed in Gunbattle

Photos: Oakland police officers, suspect killed in two shootouts

SLIDE SHOW: First Look

Photos: More photos on Saturday's East Oakland shootings

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Report rips police decisions on day four Oakland officers were fatally shot

RAY CHAVEZ

The report, the result of an outside investigation, documents instances of poor communication, bad planning, failure to meet department policy and disregard for standard safety measures on the day widely described as the darkest in Oakland Police Department history.

Drummond: Maybe now the truth will come out in shooting deaths of four OPD officers

Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan has made the right decision in commissioning law enforcement experts from outside Oakland to investigate the March 21 fatal shootings of four police officers.

Thomas Peele: Investigation of Oakland police officer deaths must be transparent

THE SHOOTING DEATHS of four Oakland police officers in March represented perhaps the most tragic day in the history of California law enforcement.Four vibrant public servants died, as did their killer.

Oakland SWAT back in action

In its first action since March 21 when two team leaders were killed, the Oakland Police Department SWAT team raided an East Oakland house Friday morning where a shotgun and marijuana were seized and 42-year-old man was arrested.

Sunday fundraiser in Danville for slain Oakland cop

OPD deputy chief dropped two ranks

Benefit planned for slain Oakland officers' families

Oakland's fallen officers remembered during annual ceremony

Swimmers go extra mile for slain officers

Devastated police force, weary city grapple with tragedy, unite in grief

Three police sergeants dead, suspect killed in East Oakland gunbattles

Oakland police killer took part in Modesto home-invasion robbery

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