Antioch City Council will not assume control over hiring and firing of police chief
Some council members wanted more say in the chief's hiring, firing process, but others wanted a limit on how long that would last
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Some council members wanted more say in the chief's hiring, firing process, but others wanted a limit on how long that would last
Council members voted against transferring power over chief from city mananger to the council
Goodness, gracious. Everywhere you turn, there is a new piece of information stemming from the ongoing Antioch Police Department scandal. It started with a couple of racist text messages (that turned into many) and has now resulted in several legal decisions that may be hard to keep up with.
As the Antioch police scandals of racist text messages and alleged cocaine distribution get worse, state Attorney General Rob Bonta declares, “We're going to get to the bottom of what's happening in the Antioch Police Department."
As the Antioch Police Department faces a slew of allegations of wrongdoing from distributing cocaine, to accepting bribes, to having a trove of racist text messages recently exposed, two Bay Area congressional reps are calling for a Department of Justice investigation.