Oakland police Chief LeRonne Armstrong placed on leave, sources say
OAKLAND — Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong was placed on administrative leave on Thursday, multiple sources have told the Bay Area News Group, in a move that comes on the heels of a report that found “systemic deficiencies” in how his department investigates misconduct cases.
“The decision was not taken lightly, but we believe that it is critical for the safety of our community that we build trust and confidence between the Department and the public,” Thao and Reiskin said in a statement. “We must have transparency and accountability to move forward as a safer and stronger Oakland.”
Over the past decade, the OPD has seen chiefs come and go, including two separate times where the city cycled through three police chiefs in the span of a week. Kirkpatrick, who was fired by Schaaf and the Oakland Police Commission in 2020, succeeded Chief Sean Whent, who was the fourth permanent chief of the department since 2009.
But the explosive report, compiled by an outside law firm and released this week by a federal judge, pilloried the chief over department-wide failures to investigate misconduct by a sergeant who had been involved in a hit-and-run collision with a parked vehicle. The investigation recommended the department sustain rules violations against Armstrong for “failing to hold his subordinate officers to account, for failing to engage effectively in the review of the incident and for allowing the subject officer to escape responsibility for serious misconduct.”
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