Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren fires police chief in wake of Daniel Prude's deadly arrest.
last week in the wake of his department's deadly arrest of Prude, but planned to stick around a few more weeks.
Singletary won't get the chance to retire ... instead, Warren announced she axed him and suspended communication directorWarren says her initial review shows a"pervasive problem" in the Rochester Police Department, which she described as"one that views everything through the eyes of the badge and not the citizens we serve."
The Mayor says her review shows Prude's death"was not taken as seriously as it should have been by those who reviewed the case throughout city government at every level."
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