After 21 years, five mayors and 15 police chiefs, the federal judge overseeing the Oakland Police Department says more work still needs to be done to reform the department.
Back in 2022, a judge placed the department on a one-year probationary period that led then Chief LeRonne Armstrong to tout the progress and reforms that had been made at the time. Less than a year later, Armstrong was fired by Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. She maintained she fired Armstrong after a report detailing the chief's actions in connection with a hit-and-run collision involving a police sergeant and the alleged obstruction of the investigation.
During the hearing, the judge ordered OPD and the city to develop a plan to address internal investigations into officer misconduct. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, who was present at the hearing alongside OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell, emphasized that these ongoing issues stem from previous leadership.
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