The Oakland Police Commission is holding a special closed session meeting Thursday to discuss the logistics of finding new police chief candidates to send to the mayor, a day after she rejected their three finalists, which included a man she fired 10 months ago.
The search for the next chief of Oakland’s police department may be nearing an end, as the Oakland Police Commission sent Mayor Sheng Thao a list of three final candidates last week. Thao now has the option of choosing from the three candidates or sending the list back for more options, which would draw out the already 10-month-long process even longer. | By Brandon Patterson The search for the next chief of Oakland’s police department may be nearing an end, as the Oakland Police Commission sent Mayor Sheng Thao a list of three final candidates last week. Thao now has the option of choosing from the three candidates or sending the list back for more options, which
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Civil rights attorney Jim Chanin has been replaced from the Oakland Police Commission’s Selection Panel after serving on an at-will basis for nearly a year-and-a-half. Chanin’s term on the Selection Panel officially ended in May 2022, but he agreed to stay on while City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas worked to find a replacement, "to help ensure the Selection Panel could continue its important work," Bas told KTVU via email. Panelists interview applicants to serve on the Police Commission and the position is a hard one, Chanin told KTVU, because at the heart of it selection panelists are denying people positions.