Oakland Mayor Thao fires oaklandpoliceca ChiefLeronne Armstrong without cause. Read her full statement:
"I am no longer confident that Chief Armstrong can do the work that is needed to achieve the vision," said Mayor Sheng Thao at an afternoon press conference. "Oakland needs a police department that welcomes opportunities for improvement rather than immediately rejecting criticism."
"This process has reinforced my commitment to making decisions based on the best interests of the department and the city, not based on personal feelings or relationship," said Thao.probe by an outside law firm into how OPD's Internal Affairs department conducted two investigations into Sgt. Michael Chung.
In March 2021, Chung ripped the bumper off his neighbor's Mercedes in San Francisco and then left the scene, the outside investigation found. The city of Oakland only learned about it when the neighbor filed an insurance claim with the city.
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