The computer system was down Saturday morning after being temporarily restored on Friday.
Inside the emergency control center, dispatchers have been forced to re-route calls and respond to requests for help using handwritten notes and radios to reach officers on the street, said Sgt. Barry Donelan, president of the Oakland police officer’s union.
Earlier this year, a ransomware attack exposed weaknesses in the city’s cybersecurity infrastructure, and hackers revealed reams of employees’ data. The ongoing system failures started with a power outage at 3:10 p.m. Thursday, when the lights went out for 10,800 residents across Oakland, according to Pacific Gas & Electric. Power was restored slightly more than two hours later, said the utility, which is still investigating the cause.
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