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On New Year’s Eve, a quadruple shooting at around 10:10 p.m. left one person dead and three injured, police said. In another incident at 7:15 p.m., a person was stabbed to death.
On February 15, 2023, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced plans to fire the city's current police chief LeRonne Armstrong. [9] [10] On March 27, 2024, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao introduced Floyd Mitchell as the city's newest chief of police, more than a year after the firing of former Chief LeRonne Armstrong. He took office on May 13, 2024.
Floyd Mitchell (born 1967 or 1968) is an American police officer who has served as chief of the Oakland Police Department since 2024. He previously served as chief of the Lubbock Police Department from 2019 to 2023, as well as chief of the Temple, Texas , police department.
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong takes questions at a December 2021 news conference at police headquarters in Oakland. (Jane Tyska / Digital First Media / East Bay Times via Getty Images)
According to the Oakland Police Chief Batts, nearly 3 out of 4 of those arrested during the protest did not live in Oakland. [ 177 ] The San Francisco Chronicle reported that many of the rioters who were most aggressive in damaging Oakland businesses and property were organized white anarchists wearing black clothing and hoods.
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Sean Whent was the Chief of the Oakland Police Department. Whent was appointed Interim Chief by Mayor Jean Quan in May 2013, [1] replacing Anthony Toribio, who served for only two days following Howard Jordan's resignation. Whent was permanent (non-interim) police chief from May 2014 to June 2016. [2] [3]
Oakland has been without a permanent police chief since, even as violent crime, robbery, and vehicle theft climbed in the city of 400,000 across the bay from San Francisco.