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Civil rights lawyers say the Oakland Police Department’s reluctance to investigate troubling social media posts with suspected links to its officers represents a “cataclysmic failure of judgment and leadership.”
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) An internal probe of social media posts that mock excessive force accountability and portray female officers as objects of sexual conquest “speaks to a festering and rotten” culture in the Oakland Police Department, civil rights lawyers said in a court filing Friday.
The city’s police department has been under court oversight for 18 years under the terms of a 2003 civil rights settlement that was set to expire in 2010. Oversight was extended multiple times after the department failed to achieve certain milestones, such as making its use-of-force policies, internal investigations and officer discipline processes comply with standards outlined in the agreement.
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The coronavirus pandemic is not the only deadly plague Oakland is facing; gun violence and budget cuts are also in the picture and the new Chief of Police is now in charge of making the city safer.
LeRonne Armstrong - Oakland native and a 22-year veteran of the force - has learned from his predecessors and the men and women who have sat in his chair years prior. Never in my wildest dreams at that time, would I think I’d ever be the chief of police, Armstrong told NBC Bay Area on a one-on-one interview.
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FILE PHOTO: An Oakland Police officer walks by patrol cars at the Oakland Police headquarters on Dec. 6, 2012 in Oakland, Calif.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
OAKLAND (BCN) Mayor Libby Schaaf on Friday tapped a 22-year veteran of the Oakland Police Department to be the agency s new chief.
LeRonne Armstrong, currently a deputy chief, will be sworn in Monday at 10 a.m., ending the tenure of interim Police Chief Susan Manheimer. This department is looking for a mentor, looking for a leader, Schaaf said in a video announcing her selection of Armstrong.