On Thursday night, the commission selected a firm that will conduct a nationwide search for the department’s new chief — a position that has been left vacant for four months.
With tensions ratcheting up even further this week, the deepening divisions in the Oakland Police Commission raise questions about whether the civilian-led group can effectively oversee reform of a police departmentOn Thursday night, the commission selected a firm that will conduct a nationwide search for the department’s new chief — a position that has been vacant for four months.
The statement was met with a new wave of backlash from both Grinage and Cathy Leonard, another member of the coalition. The more corrosive divide, though, comes from Milele’s vocal support for the previous chief, LeRonne Armstrong, who was fired by Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao in February over a misconduct scandal involving the cover-up of an officer’s hit-and-run collision.
When Milele again advanced this theory on Thursday, it appeared to be the last straw for another commissioner, Karely Ordaz, who urged the chair to cut the monologue short and allow the meeting to begin. The selection panel for commissioners is headed by Jim Chanin, an attorney who represented victims in the infamous Riders brutality cases that brought OPD under federal oversight.
On Feb. 15, when it appeared the commission was not going to discipline Armstrong for his handling of the cover-up scandal, Thao abruptly stepped in and fired him instead.
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