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Oakland Agrees to Outside Control of Police Dept.

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The city of Oakland has made a new deal to avoid a federal takeover of its police department. Presuming a federal judge approves the agreement, Oakland's next job will be to hire an independent "compliance director" who will have authority to, among other things, fire Oakland's police chief.

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