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Mar 22, 2024 · Floyd Mitchell, a former police chief in Lubbock, Texas, will lead the Oakland Police Department starting from late April or early May. He has 30 years of law enforcement experience and a commitment to proven crime reduction strategies and community engagement.
Mar 28, 2024 · Floyd Mitchell, who will start the job in coming weeks, said he’s excited to collaborate with law enforcement, merchants, community organizers, and residents to improve public safety in Oakland. He shared his 100-day plan, his approach to policing, and his views on federal oversight and 911 system.
- Eli Wolfe
The Chief of the Oakland Police Department is an office held by the executive head and highest-ranking officer of the Oakland Police Department. The chief was first established in 1853.
Feb 15, 2023 · Mayor Sheng Thao announced she is terminating Armstrong after an outside investigation found he failed to discipline officers for misconduct and criticized the federal court monitor. Armstrong denied the allegations and accused the monitor of corruption.
- Darwin Bondgraham
- 'Profoundly disappointed'
- On The Heels of A Former Firing
- A History of Reported Abuse of Power
The mayor said the federal judge overseeing the city said he "was profoundly disappointed in the evidence he’d seen "and that the report "demonstrates significant cultural problems in the department." "In response to a public report that concluded that OPD had repeatedly failed to rigorously investigate misconduct and hold officers accountable, Chi...
Armstrong's firing comes after the department fired its former chief Anne Kirkpatrick in 2020 after three years on the job. On Feb. 20 that year, the police commission voted unanimously to fire Kirkpatrick without cause. Kirkpatrick said the police commission voted to fire herbecause she complained that its members were pressuring officers to give ...
Oakland police have been under federal oversight for more than two decades, yetcritics say legitimacy remains elusive. In 2000, the department made national news after a rookie officer came forward to report a famed misconduct case by a group of four officers known as the Oakland “Riders.” The former officers, accused of abusing their power, were c...
- Natalie Neysa Alund
- Senior Reporter
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced during a news conference Wednesday the termination of Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong, who was suspended and placed on paid...
Feb 16, 2023 · Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao fired city Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong on Wednesday after an investigation into Armstrong’s handling of police misconduct cases. “I am no longer confident...
