Less than 24 hours after launching, Oakland Police Department has ended the social media crime reporting program.
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East Bay Interior Valleys, San Francisco Peninsula CoastLess than a day after launching the pilot program, the Oakland Police Department has ended its test program which encouraged people to report car break-ins if they witnessed them.Witnesses to car break-ins should call 9-1-1 instead of sending messages to those deactivated accounts.
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