On Friday, a Contra Costa County judge released the names of 17 Antioch police officers accused of misconduct. Mayor Lamar Thorpe says the problem owes to the culture of the Antioch Police Department.
"While I am outrage by all of this -- every resident should be outraged by this -- I am more concerned and more irritated at the fact that our command staff somehow didn't know about this," says Thorpe. "There is systemic failure in leadership here."Saturday morning calling for independent audit of the police department's internal affairs process, including examining all complaints from over the past eight years.
He also wants a review of the hiring and promotions process to eliminate what he called "racial policy in both practice and behavior."
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