tucson arizona police chief kevin hall and abdul pridgen who is being investigated for policy violations>> we have agreed to the following time line. >> reporter: this means the commission is restarting the entire process. the chair of the police announcing a new round of open recruitment will take place in january with a final list of candidates to be sent to the mayor on march 1st. former oakland police chief and new anne kirkpatrick said it has put her in a tough position. >> i do think that is what they did. >> reporter: with the city approaching an entire year without a police chief, kirkpatrick believes it is time for oakland's elected leader to step up and take the lead. >> i'm a proponent of civilian oversight but i think that the best option for them is let their elected officials, the mayor and the city council as the voice of the community to make the decisions. >> reporter: in oakland, pete sauratos, nbc bay area news. >>> two people are recovering after being shot trying to intervene in a robbery. police say a man tried to buy something but the transaction declined. that man

pridgen. >> este último fue puesto en licencia hace unos meses, mientras está siendo investigado portica del departamento. barry donlan, el presidente del sindicato de policías de oakland, catalogó de sinsentido la decisión del alcaldesa de rechazar todos los aspirantes. ahora, la comisión encargada de buscar candidatos junto con el administrador de la ciudad, tendrá que presentar una nueva lista de nombres. >> yo recomiendo a la armstrong, al jefe armstrong, que teníamos años pasados. ah, y porque él conoce la comunidad. creció aquí en oakland y tiene el poder para. pues para cambiar la la violencia que estamos pasando ahorita fue despedido por la alcaldesa tao en febrero por un informe de supuesto mal manejo de casos de mala conducta de oficiales, pero otra investigación independiente en septiembre pasado liberó a armstrong de cualquier culpa. >> el mismo dijo este miércoles que es injusto que no pueda continuar sirviendo y protegiendo a la gente de oakland. como nativo de oakland, agregó nada me dio mayor placer y orgullo que trabajar en mi comunidad y luchar para mejorarla claram

tucson arizona police chief kevin hall and abdul pridgen who is being investigated for policy violations. >> we have agreed to the following time line. >> reporter: this means the commission is restarting the entire process. the chair of the police announcing a new round of open recruitment will take place in january with a final list of candidates to be sent to the mayor on march 1st. former oakland police chief and new anne kirkpatrick said it has put her in a tough position. >> i do think that is what they did. >> reporter: with the city approaching an entire year without a police chief, kirkpatrick believes it is time for oakland's elected leader to step up and take the lead. >> i'm a proponent of civilian oversight but i think that the best option for them is let their elected officials, the mayor and the city council as the voice of the community to make the decisions. >> reporter: in oakland, pete sauratos, nbc bay area news. >>> two people are recovering after being shot trying to intervene in a robbery. police say a man tried to buy something but the transaction declined. that m

san leandro police chief abdul pridgen.ly on leave from that department, and kevin hall, the assistant police chief in tucson, arizona. henry lee has the latest after speaking with city leaders, it should be no surprise that oakland mayor shan tao has rejected a familiar name on the list of finalists for police chief leronne armstrong, the top cop she fired back in february. >> but she's also thrown out the two other candidates presented to her by the oakland police commission. >> there is no excuse at any governmental level from the mayor down. why? we have not made a selection. >> oakland city council member noel gayo, a strong supporter of armstrong, says this development is yet another setback in the city's search for a new chief. >> the way we're continuing fighting with each other, um, is not going to solve the critical, the most challenging problem that we have today in public safety. >> ktvu has learned from sources close to the search that the three finalists were former chief armstrong, san leandro police chief ab

pridgen. donlan, el presidente del sindicato de policías de oakland, catalogó de sinsentido la decisión de la alcaldesa de rechazar todos los aspirantes. ahora, la comisión encargada de buscar candidatos junto con el administrador de la ciudad tendrá que presentar una nueva lista de nombres. >> yo recomiendo a la armstrong, el jefe armstrong, que teníamos años pasados a y porque él conoce la comunidad, creció aquí en oakland y tiene el poder para. pues para cambiar la la violencia que estamos pasando ahorita fue despedido por la alcaldesa tao en febrero por un informe de supuesto mal manejo de casos de mala conducta de oficiales, pero otra investigación independiente en septiembre pasado liberó a armstrong de cualquier culpa. >> Él mismo dijo este miércoles que es injusto que no pueda continuar sirviendo y proteger a la gente de oakland como nativo de oakland, agregó nada me dio mayor placer y orgullo que trabajar en mi comunidad y luchar para mejorarla claramente para nosotros que vivimos aqu

pridgen, jefe de la policía de san leandro, y quien por cierto, se encuentra suspendido mientras eso que entrarán en vigor en unos días. >> además, le mostramos el momento en que un hombre irrumpe en una vivienda para supuestamente vigilar el sueño de una niñita de nochebuena. >> y es mito o realidad que si tomamos licor fuerte engorda menos que si tomamos cerveza. tenemos la respuesta. peligroso el mar. >> noche nublada. pero cuando murió en un accidente automovilístico. la semana previa a navidad. >> bueno, ahora su padre se está recuperando de graves heridas y pilar niño viajó a la ciudad de antioch y nos cuenta cómo buscan preservar el legado del pequeño zahir y cómo procesar que un angelito como él y su inocencia ya no esté con nosotros. >> jorge se refiere al pequeño zahir, giovanni juárez rojo, de 8 años de edad. el murió el pasado 13 de diciembre, cuando el auto que conducía su papá, antonio juárez, se involucró en un accidente en vasco road y la autopista 4 a las afueras de antioch, un carro que venía en el otro carril en el sentido opuesto. >> se le soltó una traila. la tr

they are leronne armstrong, tucson police chief, kevin hall, and san leone police chief abdul pridgenwas being investigated for department policy issues. the president of the oakland police officers association says he's frustrated with the latest setback in the year-long search. >> this is job one. this should be the first thing that gets done. 11 months later is completely unacceptable. >> the oakland police commission president says he is looking forward to working with the mayor to find a suitable candidate. >>> this is west of reno at meyers. little bit of snow out there, but chp wants to remind people to not park along the highway to play in the snow. it can cause distractions and crashes. meteorologist, kari hall, joins me now, and there's just a little snow there compared to last year. but it can be tempting to pull off the side of the road. >> yeah, we knew there was no snow at the 6,000-foot level, and it's tempting to want to enjoy some of that snow when you see it. >> sure. >> it's very spotty. we have more warm weather coming that is creating rain instead of the snow we l

pridgen, who is currently on leave from that department for unspecified reasons, and kevin hall, assistant police chief in tucson, arizona. now oakland mayor shengtao fired armstrong back in february. she says for his mishandling of officer misconduct investigations. tao had said before she would not rehire him, but armstrong had the support of several city council members, some community groups and the local chapter of the naacp. the mayor didn't elaborate on why she rejected the candidates, but said only in a statement she looked forward to working with the commission to find new candidates for the chief position. back in september, mayor tao made this pledge on ktvu about what she would do if her city did not have a police chief by the end of this year. >> do you think we'll have an opd chief before the end of the year? >> i'm really hopeful that we will. and if we don't and i'll say it right here today and if we don't, i will declare a state of emergency to get a police chief. because this process has been held up by the police commission for far too long, i think the selection that wa

so was san leandro police chief abdul pridgen, who is currently on leave from that department for unspecified reasons. and kevin hall, assistant police chief in tucson , arizona. oakland mayor shengtao fired armstrong back in february, she says, for mishandling officer misconduct investigations. she had. said before she would not rehire him. a representative from the police accountability project questioned why the commission submitted armstrong's name as a final candidate and suggested that final list wasn't submitted in good faith. >> i think the selection that was presented to her was pretty irresponsible. on the part of the commission and somewhat disrespectful. >> armstrong had the support of several city council members, some community groups, and the local chapter of the naacp. john burris is a civil rights attorney who's been involved in the process of overseeing reforms to the oakland police department for the last 20 years. he believes the mayor's decision is a setback and a mistake. >> armstrong is the best, most qualified person. no doubt about that. uh, because he checks all the

pridgen, who is currently on leave from that department for unspecified reasons. and kevin hall, assistant police chief in tucson , arizona. oakland mayor shengtao fired armstrong back in february, she says, for mishandling officer misconduct investigations. she had said before she would not rehire him. a representative from the police accountability project questioned why the commission submitted armstrong's name as a final candidate and suggested that final list wasn't submitted in good faith. >> i think the selection that was presented to her was pretty irresponsible. on the part of the commission and somewhat disrespect full armstrong had the support of several city council members, some community groups, and the local chapter of the naacp. >> john burris is a civil rights attorney who's been involved in the process of overseeing reforms to the oakland police department for the last 20 years. he believes the mayor's decision is a setback, and a mistake. >> ron armstrong is the best, most qualified person. there's no doubt about that. uh, because he checks all

she rejected, included former oakland police chief leronne armstrong, san leandro police chief chief abdul pridgen, who is currently on leave from that department for unspecified reasons, and kevin hall, assistant police chief in tucson, arizona. oakland mayor shengtao fired armstrong back in february. she says, for his mishandling of officer misconduct investigations, she had said before that she would not rehire him, but armstrong had the support of several city council members, some community groups and the local chapter of the naacp. john burris is a civil rights attorney who's been involved in the process of overseeing reforms to the oakland police department over the past 20 years. he believes the mayor's decision is a setback, and a mistake, von armstrong is the best, most qualified person, no doubt about that. >> uh, because he checks all the boxes, he has all the experience, but obviously the conflict between he and the mayor's perception of him and not and i think they should reconcile and have some real discussion about, i mean, me, uh, in order to move the department forward. >

pridgen, who was currently on leave from that department for alleged policy violations, and kevin hallassistant police chief in tucson, arizona. millie cleveland of the coalition for police accountability, says the commission should have come up with other, more qualified candidates. >> i think the selection that was presented to her was pretty irresponsible on the part of the commission and somewhat disregard. >> in a statement, mayor tao's office said in part, the oakland police chief leads a critical component of the mayor's comprehensive community safety strategy. mayor tao thanks the■÷ oakland police commission for their continued service and looks forward to working with the commissioners to select the best possible candidate for oakland. in a statement, commission chair marcia peterson