奥克兰治安太差，上班跟上战场一样
“上班感觉就像战场。”Vong说。
Vong表示，东奥克兰（East Oakland）的企业主下午3点就关门了，因为这里的犯罪活动已经失控。
“这里就像一个鬼城，”Vong说。“这真的可怕。”
根据I-Team获得的数据，上周末，奥克兰发生了15起抢劫案和2起劫车案。与去年相比，今年到目前为止抢劫案增加了27%，劫车案件增加了19%。
失窃汽车多从奥克兰的汽车经销商处偷来。上周五晚间，阿拉米达（Alameda）街头就发现这样一辆奔驰SUV。
“这就是奥克兰现在的状态，”Vong说。
遗憾的是，这对Vong来说并不意外，他奥克兰拥有11家企业。他说，他们几乎每周都被抢。
他终于忍无可忍。上周他决定出手追他们。
他说，“我当时正在帮助我的员工去接被困的3A司机，几秒钟后我的拖车就不见了。”
Vong说，一个嫌疑犯跳上他的拖车，先是摧坏了里面所有的摄像系统，然后将车开走。但嫌疑人没留意到Vong的手机还在车里。
“因为我的手机还在车里，我可以追踪卡车的位置，”Vong说。“从西奥克兰到东奥克兰再到伯克利，我们追了他至少45分钟，最终在电报街和30街（Telegraph and 30th）交汇处把他拦了下来。”
Vong成功夺回了他的拖车，但维修费用需要2万美元。
他说，“我们寻求帮助，但我们得不到任何帮助。我们试着打电话给奥克兰警察局，但没人接听，所以我们只能寻求卫生防护中心的帮助。奥克兰不再是奥克兰了，这太荒谬了。”
市议员诺埃尔·加洛(Noel Gallo)表示，他知道东奥克兰至少还有四家店受到了这些抢劫案的影响，而且其中两家已经关闭。
“我准备离开奥克兰，因为这个城市没有法律，”Vong说。“市政做得不够好，居民需要帮助。”
奥克兰Achieve Academy的副校长米歇尔·西特(Michelle Sit)说，她也在考虑离开。就在上周，她遇到了同样的问题。
她说，“我下午5点左右下班，当我到了停车场，发现我的车不见了。它被偷了，这已经是第四次了。”
Sit说，第二天，我的学校门口又发生了一起抢劫和袭击事件，一名男子头部被打，并到学校寻求我们的帮助。
学校工作人员给警方发了一封电子邮件说，“工作人员、学生和家庭都成为了这些蒙面男子的目标，这些人开着车，拿着手枪，然后不停地来来回回。我们需要更多支持，特别是在学校上课期间和放学后的时间。”
奥克兰的广大市民也希望在打击暴力犯罪方面增派警力。
'It's a war zone': Oakland business owner chases down man stealing his tow truck
Vong got his tow truck back but it needed $20,000 worth of repairs.
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August 22, 2023OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Business owners in Oakland describe going to work like it's a 'war zone' - battling consistent waves of violent crime. New data shared with the ABC7 News I-Team reveal a significant increase in robberies and carjackings so far this year.
"Oakland has become a war zone," said Bruce Vong, long-time owner of Quality Tech Automotive Shop along International Blvd.
"It feels like a battleground to go to work."
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Vong says business owners in East Oakland close their doors at 3 p.m. because the crime is getting out of control.
"It's like a ghost town," Vong said. "It's scary."
According to data obtained by the I-Team, there were 15 different robberies and two carjackings across the city just this past weekend. To put that in perspective, there's been a 27% increase in robberies year-to-date from 2022 to 2023. And a 19% increase in carjackings year-to-date so far this year.
In some cases - cars stolen right off the dealership lot in Oakland. That's what happened with this Mercedes Benz SUV that was later found dumped on a street in Alameda Friday night.
"That's life in Oakland now," he said.
It's sadly no surprise to Vong, who's the owner of 11 businesses across the city. He says each of them are robbed nearly every week.
Last week he got fed up. And decided to chase after them.
"I was helping my employees pick up stranded Triple A drivers and within seconds my tow truck was gone," he said.
Vong says a person jumped in the tow truck, destroyed all the camera systems inside and took off with it. But the suspect didn't realize Vong's phone was still inside.
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"Since my phone was there I could track the truck's location," he said. "We chased him for at least 45 minutes from West Oakland to East Oakland to Berkeley and we finally stop him at Telegraph and 30th."
Vong got his tow truck back but it needed $20,000 worth of repairs.
"We asked for help but there's no authority to help out," he said. "We tried calling OPD - no answer - so CHP showed up. It's just ridiculous Oakland is no longer Oakland anymore."
Councilmember Noel Gallo says he's aware of at least four other auto body shops in East Oakland that have been impacted by these robberies. He says two of them have shut down.
"I myself am leaving Oakland, because this city has no laws," Vong said. "And the city isn't doing enough, we're at the stage where we need help from the outside."
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Michelle Sit, the Assistant Principal at Achieve Academy in Oakland, says she's contemplated leaving too. Just last week she dealt with the same problem.
"I came out of work at around 5 p.m. and I got to where my car was and it's gone," she said. "Unfortunately it was stolen, this is the fourth time it's happened."
Sit said the next day another robbery and assault took place right in front of the school where a man was beaten in the head and brought into the school lobby for help.
School staff sent an email to police saying: "Staff, students and families are being targeted by these masked men in cars who are carrying pistols and just keep returning. We need more support with patrols in this area especially during school and afterschool hours."
Neighbors across Oakland want the same - more police to crackdown on violent crime. The ABC7 News I-Team tried to speak with OPD about this but the department told us they were unavailable for an interview.
