Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced Wednesday that he intends to resign on Dec. 5.<\/p>\n
Mitchell, a former police chief in Lubbock, Texas, was hired by former Oakland mayor Sheng Thao in March of 2024.<\/p>\n
In an emailed statement, Mitchell said he is committed to working with Mayor Barbara Lee and Oakland\u2019s city administrator Jestin Johnson to select an interim chief.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t give a reason for his departure or say what his future plans might be.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been an honor to serve the Oakland community, and I am grateful for the support I\u2019ve received from the residents,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of the men and women of this Department and the collaborative working relationships forged with the community and business owners to reduce crime. My commitment over the weeks ahead is to help ensure a smooth transition and continue to keep Oakland safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy commitment over the weeks ahead is to help ensure a smooth transition and continue to keep Oakland safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chief Floyd Mitchell<\/p>\n
Lee thanked Mitchell for his leadership and said that during his tenure, the city experienced significant reductions in crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe women and men of the Oakland Police Department have my full support as we work together to ensure a smooth transition and continue building on the progress we\u2019ve made for Oakland\u2019s residents,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n
Mitchell was hired to replace former chief LeRonne Armstrong, whom Thao fired in early 2023 \u2014 after which the department went a year without a permanent chief.<\/p>\n
Armstrong only held the job for about two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced Wednesday that he intends to resign on Dec. 5. Mitchell, a former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4304,4305,723,93,4306,405,734,4307,4308,4309,143,145,144,407,4310,1492,4311,4312],"class_list":["post-3472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-chief-floyd-mitchell","tag-city-administrator-jestin-johnson","tag-crime","tag-featured","tag-featured-news","tag-government","tag-law-enforcement","tag-leadership-transition","tag-leronne-armstrong","tag-mayor-barbara-lee","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-police-department","tag-opd","tag-public-safety","tag-resignation","tag-sheng-thao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}