After the Police Commission voted unanimously tonight to fire the chief. Good evening everyone. The mayor said they decided to terminate chief Anne Kirkpatrick without cause, but clearly they found her performance lacking. We get the breaking news now from reporter henry lee who has the latest on this startling development. Reporter it is startling, rumors have been flying all day, and a little after 8 00 the announcement was official, chief Anne Kirkpatrick is out of a job, fired without cause, Officials Saying its time for new leadership. The oakland Police Commission voted unanimously to fire police chief Anne Kirkpatrick with oakland mayor libby schaaf giving her blessing. The trust between the Police Commission and police chief has become irrevocably broken. The mayor said the voter approved measure gave her and the commission the ability to fire the chief without cause. She thanked kirkpatrick for her service but said a new leader needed to move the department forward. I do not r
Leaders making the announcement late this evening. They say the decision was a unanimous one between the mayor and the members of the Police Commission was made during a closed door session kron fours gayle ong was there when that announcement was made she joins us live from oakland with more gayle. And this all went down about 2 hours ago here at city hall and mayor libby schaaf said she called and kirkpatrick after the vote. Thursday night, the city of oaklands top cop is out of the job the oakland Police Commission voted unanimously to join air shaft. In terminating the chief of police about cost the announcement the citys Police Commission chair Regina Jackson lasted about 2 minutes after meeting with mayor libby shaft and other commissioners at city hall for hours details on what led to Ann Kirkpatrick firing were not disclosed other than this was a no cause termination a Personnel Matter there wasnt enough. Leadership. And so that we needed new leadership can i do not regret choo
And we dont know what the womans condition is at this point and how is it that she was injured and we can see the scene this morning, and that she was surrounded by evidence markers there, and the womans personal belongings here at the jack in the box. This is west wynton avenue and Hayward Police got the call at 6 20 this morning and the paramedicscs were here and took that woman to the office, and the Hayward Police are asking anyone with information to give them a call, and that the man who is working next door says that how busy the location is, that he would assume that somebody has to see something. There is a lot of people around here, and like probably thousands of people come here everyday maybe, you know, and, yeah, there is a lot of and lot of people. I just talked with the Hayward Police spokesman and he said that there is information that police have that they just cannot put out at this point, and though i will say that the restaurant, and he said that they seem like they
Was last seen in inverness for they were renting a cottage truck they were supposed to check out saturday morning but never showed up. This is one of the many volunteers who was out here with the Detection Dog and a certified cadaver. The water breaks down. Everyone decays for the most part the same. Reporter will be able to search the water. The Sheriffs Department will be able to get it sooner and the smaller robot that can go into the water. Reporter they recognize the value of k9 units as they successfully rescued Robert Bennett last night and without them they might have found the hiker who had been missing. They will be out here all day searching for the couple. Jackie ward, kpix 5. Officials said Robert Bennett is with his family at the Marin Health Medical Center and we are waiting for an update on how he is doing. The body of a sanibel man that went missing has been recovered. Tim bauters was last seen going snowboarding at mount hood is the second death at the resort in just
Leadership, the commission felt she was still lacking. The firing was part of a weeklong conversation. There are a lot of improvements but the disparities wont to exist and there are a series of other issues that contributed to losing the confidence. We didnt think she was going to be the most effective chief in oakland. I do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick. And i believe there are many examples of ways that she served our city extremely well over these three years. But i must respect the authority and role of our independent police commission. Kirkpatrick is entitled to one year salary as severance, around 273,000. Assistant chief darren allenson will serve as acting chief until a new chief is appointed. Reporting live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. We have more developing news out of oakland. Mcclymonds high school is closed indefinitely after a chemical linked to cancer was found in ground water below the campus. Officials say the schools Drinking Water