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
Unanimously to fire police chief anne kirkpatrick, with oakland mayor libby schaaf giving her blessing three years after she swore kirkpatrick in. The trust between the Police Commission and police chief has become irrevocably broken. The mayor said a voter approved measure gave her in the commission the ability to fire the chief without cause. She thanked kirkpatrick for service but set a new leader to needed to move the department forward. Speck i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick, i believe there are many examples of how she served our city extremely well over the three years, but i must respect the authority and role of our independent Police Commission. Regina jackson, who heads the Police Commission said there have been speed bumps along the way with kirkpatrick. There are a series of other issues that have contributed to losing the confidence. We didnt think she would be the most effective chief in oakland. An independent federal monitor and Police Commission said the chi
Chief in her time as chief kirkpatrick has tackled several top issues for the department including a rise in Violent Crime in 2019 Racial Disparities in policing and improving the relationship between police and the Oakland Community kirkpatrick is at 38 year veteran in Law Enforcement and was brought in to transform the Embattled Oakland Police Department Following several scandal the time air libby schaff said the kirkpatrick was selected out of 30 candidates for her character leading by example and being unafraid to hold others accountable for the most on ethical conduct. Kirkpatrick was the First Female Police chief for oakland before that she had of the chicago Police Department Reform Efforts and prior to that she was Phillies Department executive for several Washington State cities and a police chief in spokane we have a reporter following the story tonight in open and we will have a live report for you coming up you can always stay connected with the kron 4 mobile app download
First possible outbreak of the illness and a longterm care center more than 50 people in a nursing facility are sick and being tested for the virus, a woman in her 40s who works at the facility and a resident in her 70s have both tested positive for coronavirus. We believe that these are cases of Community Acquired transmission acquire here in king county. When what that says to is as we test more will likely find more cases of this disease because most of them are mild, we expect infection will increase over time and so we know we can stop it. Its going to its here and its going to be here with us in the us for quite a while. Officials in oregon Washington State and here in california are worried about the Novel Coronavirus. Spreading through west coast communities because people are being infected by unknown means Santa Clara County announced its 4th case of coronavirus the countys Public Health Department Says the patient as an adult woman contracted the virus by being in contact wi
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