Schaaf selects veteran LeRonne Armstrong to lead Oakland Police Department
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LeRonne Armstrong (center), Oakland’s pick for police chief, speaks during a 2018 town hall.Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle 2018
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf selected Oakland Deputy Chief LeRonne Armstrong, a 22-year veteran of the city’s Police Department, as the city’s next police chief on Friday.
Armstrong was picked ahead of three other candidates for the job: interim Deputy Chief Drennon Lindsey, Pittsburgh Police Commander Jason Lando and Seaside (Monterey County) Police Chief Abdul Pridgen.
He will take over the position from former San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer, whose contract as interim chief was set to expire at the end of the week. Schaaf hired Manheimer last March after the Oakland Police Commission and Schaaf fired former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick.