Between March and July, police carried out “Operation Disarm,” a 90-day effort to reduce gun violence in Oakland and Alameda County. They seized 76 illegally possessed firearms, and federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against 51 people, U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said. “We had been thinking about doing more in Oakland prior to that, but once that shooting happened, it focused our attention,” he said. Officials announced the operation as Oakland continues to report significant declines in violent crimeExamples of firearms seized during Operation Disarm on display. Credit: Roselyn Romero/The OaklandsideAccording to OPD’s latest crime data, violent crime — including homicides, rapes, assaults and robberies — is down 18% year-to-date compared with the same period last year.