kpix5's kristin ayers got a look at a new internal survey. >> i think it's truly devastating. >>reporter: the survey is a 248-page peek into the minds of oakland police officers. >> the working conditions for an oakland police officer have to be the most difficult in the state of california. >>reporter: a high crime rate, a disproportionately low number of officers. [ sirens ] >>reporter: and as the internal poll obtained by kpix5 shows, low morale. 65% of opd's officers say they don't feel valued by the department, 55% said they don't feel valued by the citizens of oakland. one officer called the department a laughing stock. >> when you hear that morale is low for an oakland police officer, does it surprise you at all? >> no. >>reporter: the city has been on an aggressive campaign to recruit new officers, but as new cops come in, large numbers of officers are leaving for departments with lower crime and higher pay. and then there's the problem of leadership. >> there's no leadership, no direction, no indication of where we're going. >>reporter: the department has had four pol