Schaaf selects veteran LeRonne Armstrong to lead Oakland Police Department
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LeRonne Armstrong (center), Oakland’s pick for police chief, speaks during a 2018 town hall.Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle 2018
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf selected Oakland Deputy Chief LeRonne Armstrong, a 22-year veteran of the city’s Police Department, as the city’s next police chief on Friday.
Armstrong was picked ahead of three other candidates for the job: interim Deputy Chief Drennon Lindsey, Pittsburgh Police Commander Jason Lando and Seaside (Monterey County) Police Chief Abdul Pridgen.
He will take over the position from former San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer, whose contract as interim chief was set to expire at the end of the week. Schaaf hired Manheimer last March after the Oakland Police Commission and Schaaf fired former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick.
Oakland police commission approves 4 candidates for next chief; final decision rests with Schaaf
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The Oakland Police Commission unanimously recommended four candidates for police chief to Mayor Libby Schaaf on Thursday.
The commission originally presented the finalists Oakland Deputy Chief LeRonne Armstrong; interim Deputy Chief Drennon Lindsey; Pittsburgh Police Commander Jason Lando; and Seaside Police Chief Abdul Pridgen during a candidate forum in early November, then requested more time to check into the background of each of the finalists.
Schaaf will review each candidate before choosing a chief in a process that is expected to take a few weeks, her office said.
Confronted over abuse, California is bringing 116 kids home from faraway programs. Counties are scrambling
Dec. 18, 2020
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Maxwell, shown near her Stockton home, says staff at out-of-state facilities where she was sent abused children in their care.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Josiah, 19, at Ph
oenix Green Park in Sacramento, spent one year at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo, Mich., where a teen died after Sequel staff piled on him.Salgu Wissmath / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
County officials across California are scrambling to find new homes for more than 100 children with mental health and behavioral issues, following the state’s landmark decision to stop shipping these young people to faraway facilities.
Oakland police see disturbing trend of teens carrying out robberies, carjackings
Oakland police see alarming trend of violent crimes committed by teens
Authorities in Oakland have noticed an uptick in carjackings and armed robberies by young people, some as young as 11 years old.
OAKAND, Calif. - Police are seeing an alarming trend of teenagers committing violent crimes and in some cases, the offenders are no older than middle school-aged children.
Oakland Police Lt. Robert Muniz said the uptick in crime began in late November and has continued across the city. He said groups of teenagers are holding people up at gunpoint and robbing them or stealing their cars. In some instances, the juveniles use the stolen cars to commit other robberies. The most recent case in East Oakland involved suspects ranging in age from 11 to 16.