Former police chief says mayor told him to lie about Daniel Prude investigation
La Ron Singletary said Lovely Warren asked him to provide false information and omit material information.
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A former Rochester chief of police filed a claim this week stating that the city’s mayor asked him to “withhold full and truthful information from the City Council investigation” into the death of
Daniel Prude.
Prude died one week after being restrained by Rochester Police in late March.
Former Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary (left) says Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren (right) asked him to “withhold full and truthful information from the City Council investigation” into the March 23 death of Daniel Prude. (Photos by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The report from the Office of Public Integrity clears Mayor Lovely Warren, James Smith, as well as communications director Justin Roj, corporation counsel Tim Curtin, and three other staffers.
OPI Director Tim Weir reports the office found no evidence that any employee within its jurisdiction violated city or departmental policies or ethical standards with respect to their actions in response to the death of Daniel Prude.
The OPI report did, however, say it found several opportunities for operational improvements, like centralizing staff to manage foil requests.
The Prude family waited more than four months for the city to deliver body camera video. The city s handling of it internally helped widen the knowledge gap about the nature of Prude s death.