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oakland mayor sheng thao has picked a new police chief. the mayor has appointed floyd mitchell to the job. he replaces lebron armstrong who was fired more than a year ago. mitchell was the former chief of police in lubbock, texas. and in a statement this morning, mayor thao called him a strong leader and smart crime fighter who delivers results. mitchell began his career as an officer kansas city, missouri spending. 25 years with that department. he's also a veteran of the u.s. air force. we do have a statement that he sent out, which reads in part, quote, as oakland's police chief, i look forward to working together with our residents, business owners, city leadership and members of the police commission to build a stronger and safer oakland. i'm excited about the opportunity to meet the members of the police department interact with all the people who call this beautiful city home and become an integral part of this special place. big story, it's been about a year have police chief in oakland. >> 8.32 right now and amended civil rights l
oakland mayor sheng thao has picked a new police chief. the mayor has appointed floyd mitchell to the job. he replaces lebron armstrong who was fired more than a year ago. mitchell was the former chief of police in lubbock, texas. and in a statement this morning, mayor thao called him a strong leader and smart crime fighter who delivers results. mitchell began his career as an officer kansas city, missouri spending. 25 years with that department. he's also a veteran of the u.s. air force. we do...
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was oakland mayor sheng thao who over a year ago fired then chief leronne armstrong thao says she is against these kinds of forums because it harms the chances of attracting the best candidates. and for those in the audience, there was no opportunity to ask questions, make comments or offer feedback during the forum. but the public is invited to provide feedback online through a post forum survey. the feedback window will close on monday. the police chief search ad hoc committee says they will be submitting their list of finalists to the mayor on friday. and then the mayor can choose to interview those candidates or reject them in oakland, dan thorn kron. 4 and as you just heard dan report, oakland's mayor sheng thao was not at last night's forum. in fact, she told kron 4 she's looking to change the process. >> by which the police chiefs are selected. >> this is a process that i do not agree with. it was voted on by the voters many years ago. but with any new systems put in place, you know, you have to have lessons learned. you have to be able to go back you know, make fixes. that ac
was oakland mayor sheng thao who over a year ago fired then chief leronne armstrong thao says she is against these kinds of forums because it harms the chances of attracting the best candidates. and for those in the audience, there was no opportunity to ask questions, make comments or offer feedback during the forum. but the public is invited to provide feedback online through a post forum survey. the feedback window will close on monday. the police chief search ad hoc committee says they will...
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and what you're looking at is a statement from mayor sheng thao saying in part, quote, i'm so grateful for the deep partnership of our 4 largest employers and see this as an example of a strong public private partnership. i applaud their engagement is true. civic leaders to improve conditions for everyone. i know we will be successful in quickly bringing safety growth and vibrancy back to our streets. now back out here live also on my way, back from speaking with that caveat, caffeine manager excuse me. i stopped and i spoke with some of those ambassadors who are in the downtown area i asked them how they would feel or what they thought about adding more investors. and they tell me they do get a lot of use out of them. they said that if there was more on the street, they do think that the areas that are seeing more crime would see less crime. so as we get reports from them on how this all plays out in the next few months or so, it's set to start in the next few weeks. and the last throughout the rest of this year. we'll keep you updated live this morning in downtown oakland and michael
and what you're looking at is a statement from mayor sheng thao saying in part, quote, i'm so grateful for the deep partnership of our 4 largest employers and see this as an example of a strong public private partnership. i applaud their engagement is true. civic leaders to improve conditions for everyone. i know we will be successful in quickly bringing safety growth and vibrancy back to our streets. now back out here live also on my way, back from speaking with that caveat, caffeine manager...
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lots of caltrans under freeway overpasses last year, mayor sheng thao said that the city was seeing an improvement in abandoned auto abatement after transferring the program from the police to the department of transportation. >> a new franchise of guy fieri's fast food chicken chain is coming to the north bay. according to the restaurant chain's website chicken guy by guy fieri, we'll be opening a location in american canyon, according to the hospitality group behind the restaurant, there will be plans to develop own and operate chicken guys, locations in 9 northern california counties. a chicken guy location is already open at levi stadium in santa clara. but you can only died there during stadium events. >> it's a 40 right now. and still ahead, an elderly couple forced from their homes for months because of renovation. the lay-in now the fairfield police are investigating a crime on their property. >> and a new drug leads to a decrease in st ives in san francisco. the doctors say not enough. people know about it. >> a 43 right now checking out the weather on a wednesday in the middl
lots of caltrans under freeway overpasses last year, mayor sheng thao said that the city was seeing an improvement in abandoned auto abatement after transferring the program from the police to the department of transportation. >> a new franchise of guy fieri's fast food chicken chain is coming to the north bay. according to the restaurant chain's website chicken guy by guy fieri, we'll be opening a location in american canyon, according to the hospitality group behind the restaurant,...
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remember, mayor sheng thao the last police chief and now she's just appointed the new top cop. >> our getting to know him a little bit. yeah. floyd mitchell is his name. we don't know much. however, we have kron four's dan kerman with a look at his history. >> one that he brings to the bay area. >> for some oaklanders, it was last month's police commission candidates forum when they first got a look at oaklands new police chief floyd mitchell. i believe it's going to be a very challenging. >> opportunity for a police chief to come in and work with not only the members inside the department community members and multiple governing authorities to work to move the the oakland police department forward. >> mitchell began his career with the kansas city, missouri police department after 25 years there, he became police chief in temple, texas population. 82,000 in 2019, he became police chief for the city of lubbock, texas, population 257,001 thing that you consider probably the biggest accomplishment of his time here was the search allies in the police force. >> and that really helped his
remember, mayor sheng thao the last police chief and now she's just appointed the new top cop. >> our getting to know him a little bit. yeah. floyd mitchell is his name. we don't know much. however, we have kron four's dan kerman with a look at his history. >> one that he brings to the bay area. >> for some oaklanders, it was last month's police commission candidates forum when they first got a look at oaklands new police chief floyd mitchell. i believe it's going to be a very...
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we did speak with oakland mayor sheng thao recently. take a listen to what she had to say on why she chose this new police chief. >> for me, she floyd mitchell, really it and, you know, showed at his proven leadership through all of the results that he's been able to do in lebec in also and in the other cities that he was chief however, at the end of the day, you know, i do believe that this is a great pairing with my public safety personnel. and yet again, it's never just one person. it's always 18. and so making sure that we have this missing puzzle piece so important and i'm so excited that we finally have a team to move forward. >> now, while some may question, if chief michel is ready to take on oakland as the area is much larger than his previous areas. we did speak with the president of 100 black men of west texas that worked with mitchell while he served as a levick chief. and he tells us that his experience will definitely show adding that he is a person who holds people accountable when needed back out here live. that press co
we did speak with oakland mayor sheng thao recently. take a listen to what she had to say on why she chose this new police chief. >> for me, she floyd mitchell, really it and, you know, showed at his proven leadership through all of the results that he's been able to do in lebec in also and in the other cities that he was chief however, at the end of the day, you know, i do believe that this is a great pairing with my public safety personnel. and yet again, it's never just one person....
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. >> mayor sheng thao thinks it's good to thanking the governor for his continued support. and by the way, the state is also investing resources to fight crime in oakland, as you probably know their deployment of the chp to oakland. they put about 120 officers in oakland and the chp office says that they had an operation where they arrested 71 people and they recovered more than 100 stolen cars. >> well, on the peninsula, you have multiple people being displaced in apartment complex fire in mountain view, center family to the hospital. this was pretty early sunday morning on lesage avenue while batters had to cut open walls and ceilings to kind of planned out that fire. the 2 story, 4 unit apartment complex, preliminary investigation shows the fire started on the first floor laundry room damages are estimated to be around $500,000 family of 4. they had to be evaluated for smoke inhalation. the red cross is helping those displaced. well, a documentary telling the story of alexis gabe, the 24 year-old oakley woman. when missing back in 2022, it's going to air on a major strea
. >> mayor sheng thao thinks it's good to thanking the governor for his continued support. and by the way, the state is also investing resources to fight crime in oakland, as you probably know their deployment of the chp to oakland. they put about 120 officers in oakland and the chp office says that they had an operation where they arrested 71 people and they recovered more than 100 stolen cars. >> well, on the peninsula, you have multiple people being displaced in apartment complex...
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. >> and with that oakland mayor sheng thao formally introduce the man she handpicked to be the city's next police chief floyd mitchell spoke yesterday about his plans to build public trust and create a safer community. it. >> getting here, getting on the ground and getting out to me. everyone here getting to know who my council members are getting to know the police department and where we can get better and how we go about getting better. you want to make oakland police department be the employer of choice for the bay area. you want your officers know that they're going to be supported and and that you're going to take care of them both from a benefit standpoint. but you're also going to see them as a person. >> well, among his top priorities is getting crime down, which continues to plague oakland and the police department is still under the control of a federal monitor because of the writers case for more than 20 years ago where officers were caught planting evidence. mitchell says putting changes in place to get out from under that federal monitor is key. >> jeb is to continue to
. >> and with that oakland mayor sheng thao formally introduce the man she handpicked to be the city's next police chief floyd mitchell spoke yesterday about his plans to build public trust and create a safer community. it. >> getting here, getting on the ground and getting out to me. everyone here getting to know who my council members are getting to know the police department and where we can get better and how we go about getting better. you want to make oakland police department...
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meantime, mayor sheng thao says that oakland is actually making progress in fighting crime. she sent a statement saying in part, quote, since the summer of 2023, oakland's business districts have experienced a reduction in most property crimes. we have more officers in my first year as mayor. then we've hadothe last 2 and a half years. we've restored foot patrols and motorcycle traffic units conducted focused operation with specialized units and expanded safety. ambassador programs, end quote. >> and suffered life-threatening injuries during a standoff with police while they were trying to serve a warrant at a motel in petaluma. police say the incident started saturday when they responded to a home on harvest lane for a domestic violence call. they say officers weren't able to take him into custody that night. so they put out a county wide be on the lookout announcement on monday. santa rosa police say they spotted a man driving in santa rosa tried to pull him over, but he drove away. they tried to chase him but called it off due to safety reasons. shortly after that, police
meantime, mayor sheng thao says that oakland is actually making progress in fighting crime. she sent a statement saying in part, quote, since the summer of 2023, oakland's business districts have experienced a reduction in most property crimes. we have more officers in my first year as mayor. then we've hadothe last 2 and a half years. we've restored foot patrols and motorcycle traffic units conducted focused operation with specialized units and expanded safety. ambassador programs, end quote....
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with local law enforcement and quote, it's 806, and the group that wants to recall oakland mayor sheng thao held a town hall meeting over the weekend. >> they have collected the signatures and turn them in now to be verified. they say they're fed up with crime and the lack of a permanent new police chief. >> question is, should to try to make things better what issue she's not done the first thing she does is the going to >> mayor tell has told the kron 4 news that this recall campaign she suspects is organized by political opponents who lost to her in the election. the recall signatures do need to be verified again. they've turned in over 123,000 signatures. they need 73,500 to be verified to have the election. >> well, happening right now, a silver alert now has been issued for a missing man from san jose. the california highway patrol says that. and rihanna saga say was last seen yesterday morning in san jose. he's believed to be on foot. they say he was wearing a brown flannel. brown baseball had and brown or blue jeans. he's described as standing 5 feet. 5 inches tall. weighs about 150
with local law enforcement and quote, it's 806, and the group that wants to recall oakland mayor sheng thao held a town hall meeting over the weekend. >> they have collected the signatures and turn them in now to be verified. they say they're fed up with crime and the lack of a permanent new police chief. >> question is, should to try to make things better what issue she's not done the first thing she does is the going to >> mayor tell has told the kron 4 news that this recall...