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The Oakland Police Commission held a community forum Thursday night, to introduce the public to four police chief candidates topping their list. 

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao will not participate in Thursday's police commission community forum to discuss the new list of police chief candidates.

The finalists for Oakland police chief will take part in a public forum Thursday night, but Mayor Sheng Thao will not be there.

The new candidates for Oakland's chief of police have been revealed before a community forum on Thursday.

The Oakland Police Commission unveiled a new slate of candidates for the city's next police chief on Tuesday after Mayor Sheng Thao rejected the commission's initial picks.

(KRON) — The City of Oakland has now been without a police chief for more than a year after Mayor Sheng Thao made the controversial decision to fire LeRonne Armstrong in February 2023. The hiring process to find a new chief has dragged out as Thao has had disagreements with the Oakland Police Commission. In […]

The Oakland Police Commission on Tuesday released a list of four candidates for the city's next police chief, and none of them is from within the department.

Oakland's powerful civilian-led police oversight body will interview on Thursday a new set of candidates looking to be hired as the city's permanent police chief. The four candidates are Abdul Pridgen, the former chief in San Leandro; Floyd Mitchell, the former chief in Lubbock, Texas; Lisa Davis, the assistant chief in Cincinnati; and Louis Molina, who has served as a public safety official in New York since last fall.

Oakland's powerful civilian-led police oversight body will interview on Thursday a new set of candidates looking to be hired as the city's permanent police chief. The four candidates are Abdul Pridgen, the former chief in San Leandro; Floyd Mitchell, the former chief in Lubbock, Texas; Lisa Davis, the assistant chief in Cincinnati; and Louis Molina, who has served as a public safety official in New York since last fall.

Heidi Sue Yackle, age 32, of Everly was charged with theft form a building at approximately 1:46 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28. A Spirit Lake Police report indicated the incident took place the previous day in the 700 block of 16th Street in Spirit Lake. Robbie Loyd Mitchell, age 49, of Spirit Lake was charged with violation of a no contact order at approximately 2:10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29 in the 2600 block of Highway 9/71.