Don Link Quotations

We could expand the academies, but it wouldn't have much effect because we aren't able to attract a sufficient number of candidates.

Homicides are 250 percent of what they were last year, and they were high last year, and the number of street robberies, most of them armed, is pretty alarming. I don't think that anyone can rationally look at that and say it's just a blip. This is as serious as the city is saying it is.

The high murder rate in Oakland has been one of the most disturbing trends.