Former police chief says mayor told him to lie about Daniel Prude investigation
La Ron Singletary said Lovely Warren asked him to provide false information and omit material information.
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A former Rochester chief of police filed a claim this week stating that the city’s mayor asked him to “withhold full and truthful information from the City Council investigation” into the death of
Daniel Prude.
Prude died one week after being restrained by Rochester Police in late March.
Former Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary (left) says Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren (right) asked him to “withhold full and truthful information from the City Council investigation” into the March 23 death of Daniel Prude. (Photos by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Fired Rochester Police Chief La Ron Singletary is suing the city.
He filed his notice on Dec. 3. News10NBC found out about the former chief s lawsuit when we starting reading a new report that says no one at City Hall, including Mayor Lovely Warren, did anything wrong after the death of Daniel Prude in police custody.
The report is by the city s Office of Public Integrity, the office that investigates fraud, corruption and other problems in the city government.
It says the mayor ordered this investigation on Sept. 14, the same day she fired Singletary.
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The mission of the report was to find out what did the mayor and her senior managers know about the death of Daniel Prude, when did they know it and did they violate any city policies.