Termination of and kirkpatrick now and were told that this was a week in conversation but they have been monitoring this about 2 and a half years we do also want to say that. She. There will be an acting chief to take her place until they move forward with a nationwide search to take this new job but lets take you into the press conference that just wrapped up minutes ago. So tonight. Oaklands Police Commission voted to terminate the chief and request that i as mayor join them in a joint no cause termination which i accept it. The Police Commission is the communitys voice. The voters of oakland and 20 16 created the most powerful and independent Police Commission in the country. Tonight they exercise that power. Its my duty as the mayor to recognize the role and authority of this commission. And also to recognize when the trust between the Police Commission and the police chief has become irrevocably broken. That will prevent this city from moving forward. Now on they would not discuss
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
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area , looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera. It is friday this morning, and yes, we made it through the week, everybody. Good morning. It is february chnd kenny cho lets get a check of that friday forecast with. Happy friday to you. Finally friday. And as we look at the rest of, at least the rest of today, were going to see temperatures even warmer, cooler, though, for the weekend. Heres a live look. Good morning to you. It is 49 degrees. 47 in concord. Oakland, 52. And for santa rosa, you are at 42. Check out these high temperatures in the 70s later today. Mild to warm, above average for this time of year. 70 in san francisco. Later on this afternoon, 72 oakland. 73, san jose. 72 in concord. So about 10 degrees warmer than average. We will have that weekend forecast and a chance to see a shower coming up. Good morning. We start off with a Traffic Alert this morning on the peninsula. There was a crash that happened just b
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