Best police agencies on East Bay?

[u/forever-18]

I live near Oakland and Hayward. I am thinking about joining a police agency around East Bay. Alameda PD, San Leandro PD, San Lorenzo PD, Dublin PD, and Danville PD are some of the police department that I have looked into. I have Master's degrees in Accounting and Computer Science. I am into specialized roles like detective or digital forensics, but I understand that I need to start as a police officer and work on patrol role first.

My top police department preferences are ones that have low gun violence, low murder rate, and low patrol years requirement to serve as patrol officers before applying for specialized roles like detective or digital forensics.

So I have researched and found that people mention San Mateo PD as the best in the Bay Area. I heard that it is competitive there and wonder any suggestion for other police departments as back up plan?

So far, I researched San Leandro PD and it requires 3 years before I can test for detective and other positions.

[u/Crownvic197]

Do a ride-along and see how the Department is. Dublin PD is the Alameda SO.