Is There Another Reason for Why Batts Wants to Go to San Jose?

Supporters of Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts have contended this week that he wants to be San Jose’s police chief because of substantial cuts to OPD in the past year. They contend that Batts became frustrated after the city council laid off eighty cops last summer when the police union refused to pay into its pension plans. For his part, Batts has not said publicly why he wants to leave Oakland, but if it’s because of police department budget cuts, then he’s walking into a very similar situation in San Jose.