howard jordan, a career opd officer then stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl. yet 2 years later, he claimed he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony toribio, another longtime opd officer. well, a nationwide search took place. he stayed for 2 days until sean whent slid in when to lasted 3 years as chief. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department yet faced increasing criticism, but some saying he was not aggressive enough on those thought to have been having inappropriate relations with the teen. his departure led to the most problematic period to date for the department in the space of 9 days. the most important role at opd was a revolving door from went to ben farrow to paul these 3 chief cycled in and out because of an extramarital affair. and paul claiming he didn't want the scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over between 2016 2017 and after a long search and kirkpatrick was sworn in in 2017, only to be fired aft

howard jordan, a career opd officer, then stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl. yet 2 years later, he claimed he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony toribio, another longtime opd officer. well, a nationwide search took place. he stayed for 2 days until sean whent slid in. went to lasted 3 years as chief. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department yet faced increasing criticism, but some saying he was not aggressive enough on those thought to have been having inappropriate relations with the teen. his departure led to the most problematic period to date for the department in the space of 9 days. the most important role at opd was a revolving door from went to ben farrow to paul these 3 chief cycled in and out because of an extramarital affair. and paul claiming he didn't want the scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over between 2016 2017 and after a long search and kirkpatrick was sworn in in 2017, only to be fired af

besides so many fine opd officers. these officers serve the public trust and i've seen them work extremely hard to maintain and build this trust. they were asked to serve our city with integrity, and they show up and they do it every day. oakland's leadership must live up to the standards we set for those officers. in order to finally bring it in to oakland's federal oversight and not risk risky investments we've made for over 20 years. it's an absolute requirement that my administration, including the chief of police, be able to work closely. with the monitoring team. and to speak credibly before the court. chief armstrong has my respect and appreciation for his service to the department. into the city that he grew up in and that he clearly loves dearly. and he will continue to have my respect and appreciation. but i am no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work needed to achieve the vision. so today. i have decided to separate from chief laurent armstrong from the city. without cause. this was not an ea

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i am responsible for making sure we have leadership at opd. committed to necessary reform to worked with the monitoring team have credibility before the courts. reporter: outside investigators were really concerned about she had the same attorney presenting the sergeant and the same attorney as multiple others including subjects and witnesses. is summoned that opd plan to address? it sounds like a pretty big problem. in regards to legal counsel? >> that is something the city will be looking into. reporter: j.r. stone with abc when will the cycle of police chiefs in this city finally stabilize? >> we have acting who will continue to be the acting chief for the department. i do believe our fine officers come to work and shop every day to ensure that the good people of the city of oakland and businesses are safe. they will continue to do that job. kristen: you have been watching live news conference is mayor chantel byers oakland police chief leronne armstrong after having put him on administrative leave over a report concluding there was neglige

that same sergeant also fired his gun inside an elevator at opd headquarters. the sergeant was never disciplined, and the report says the chief ultimately bears responsibility for that. the mayor agreed, and said armstrong's mishandling of the investigation was why she felt she had to fire him, and kirkpatrick is another former opd chief. she was also fired without cause three years ago. she says she understands the mayor's reasoning. but that having a revolving door of police chiefs is extremely destabilizing. i think that there's culture issues and still need to be addressed what they do need. as the ability to have system controls that should. be bumpers around reform so that it doesn't matter who the chief of police is. armstrong continues to defend himself. in a statement after his firing, he says, in part quote, i continue to believe that my termination was the result of a fundamentally flawed process that resulted in unfair inaccurate conclusions about me . i'm continuing to evaluate my legal options to preserve my rights and my hard earned reputation. w

it took a month for the car to be repaired. 2 months later after tracing the license plate to opd the owner's insurance company issued this letter to the oakland city attorney's office asking for nearly $14,000 for the damage attaching these photos as evidence. an outside agency has revealed in court documents that once the city attorney notified superiors at opd of the hit and run, the department opened an internal affairs investigation. but the sergeant involved was later cleared of the more egregious offense of a hit and run one. according to reports, a captain intervened. nearly a year later, another internal affairs investigation charge the same surgeons with discharging his weapon and opd headquarters. the hit and run case was then reopened. opd chief leronne armstrong has maintained he was not properly briefed on the hit and run case and did not have a chance to examine the weapons violation because a federal magistrate contract to the outside agency to step in and investigate. the mayor chief on paid administrative leave on january 19th saying given the circumstances review bo

a new class of the opd just graduated amid a growing divide about how we police our communities. velina jones. >> reporter: 18 new oakland police officers took the oath to protect and serve as the city works to increase the police force and curb crime. >> what professional policing looks like. >> reporter: a diverse class, including two women and multiple bilingual officers. increase of diversity is a focus. under scrutiny in the wake of the beating death of tyre nichols by memphis police. >> i wanted to do this so young females could see someone like me do it as well. treating people with ultimate respect is one of the things i as raised by, treating everyone equally. >> we were trained to keep our bearing and keep it professional in oakland and sanctity of life. that's my goal, help and educate others. >> reporter: oakland has recorded nine homicides already this year, the latest a teenager shot and killed this morning in east oakland. >> as we increase back to our authorized strength, we can reintroduce the units we had to dismantle before. >> reporter: opd is now just 12 shor

there are very many fine officers and opd. we're doing a really good job and to say you can do a hit and run and just leave is an insult to all of them. who would never think of doing such a thing? really making a point of what she called the chiefs dismissal of some of these allegations, and, you know, simply naming them as mistakes that the mayor also really making the point yesterday of this push to continue reform and for hopefully the police department to emerge from federal oversight. so how does this decision to get rid of chief armstrong? get the department closer to being finally out of this federal oversight. well i think that we only had a few months to go at the time. all the started. um and at the current time, we are still scheduled to leave. and in may we've begun the sustainability period. and um i don't know. probably it will be extended. but i think we have to look at how far opd has come. uh there are people there at their stops of african americans has gone down 60 or 70% their quality stops and teligent le

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door, went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figaro claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start of 2017, only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit

the clean, he says warshaw has a financial conflict of interest to keep his oversight role at opd. they've been 10, 12, 13 chiefs. 3 mayors how many successive city councils then he's being paid a million dollars and has the trust of the court to ensure that oakland's systems are in place to bring us a constitutionally sound high-performance team. >> and yet. every time we're about to come out from underneath his contracts. suddenly there's a bombshell. oakland mayor out place chief leronne armstrong administrative leave while she says she awaits all of the information in the matter. however, the mayor has given no indication that the federal monitor's role is are there any scrutiny by her administration? yes, i can understand that people might be skeptical, but the reality is. >> every time the police get close to being relieved from per site. some of million cleveland is on the steering committee for the coalition for police accountability in oakland. >> she says the coalition does not view was shaw as the issue here. i don't think it's the monitor. >> that's creating the problem

one pick in opd leadership. armstrong's alleged failure to properly discipline. that sergeant in question should be enough to name him unfit to serve and they are tell did the right thing. okay. let's gears for a second. another story we're following. we're learning more about the man accused of a deadly house explosion in san francisco's our sunset. investigators say he was illegally manufacturing hash oil and a form of cannabis. 53 year-old darren price appeared in court yesterday. prosecutors say prices responsible for last thursday's house explosion, which blew up his house and actually killed his wife. that explosion also severely burned his wife's caregiver and damaged several other homes in the neighborhood. prosecutors say price was using butane and other flammable chemicals at his home to reduce the hash oil. they say vapors from the oil were sparked by a clothes dryer causing that massive explosion. at one life. the last we had another. who s cari be severely burned in this incident. we had other homes damaged. other people could have been killed. and s

each time we're just about to get opd in compliance. something happens that something according to former oakland city councilmember lynette gibson mcelhaney. >> is the federal monitor overseeing the oakland police department. robert warshaw, who hired an outside law firm to investigate how opd handled a pair of incidents involving misconduct of an oakland police sergeant. the he says warshaw has a financial conflict of interest to keep his oversight role at opd. they've been 10, 12, 13 chiefs. 3 mayors. >> how many successive city councils then he's being paid a million dollars and has the trust of the court to ensure that oakland's systems are in place to bring us a constitutionally sound high-performance team. and yet. every time we're about to come out from underneath his contracts. suddenly there's a bombshell. oakland mayor out place chief leronne armstrong administrative leave while she says she awaits all of the information in the matter. >> however, the mayor has given no indication that the federal monitor's role is are there

the incident was caught on video and obtained by opd. now a second confidential report published in full on oakland's site describes a meeting months later where armstrong claims to not know much about the hit and run and chooses not to discipline either officer involved. >> officers at the meeting described him as cutting off the discussion, putting up questions that others had about the incident so that the meeting abruptly ended with the chief just cutting everyone off and then signing off on the report. remix retired superior court judge said if that is true, armstrong will have a difficult time avoiding discipline or even keeping his job. >> had he let the questions be asked and information come out, then we would have had a different outcome. remix oakland's mayor placed armstrong on leave last month after federal court judge overseeing the department released a summary of the law firms investigation. we reached out to the mayor for comment tonight. her office did not respond. former oakland city councilmember lauren taylor defends

parked car in an opd vehicle and drove off. accused in a hit and run. he later fired his gun inside an elevator at police headquarters and then through the shell casings in the bay to cover it up. that sergeant was never disciplined, and the report said that the chief ultimately bears responsibility for that. something that the mayor apparently agreed with. chief armstrong. made a number of statements that troubled me. he stated that he did not believe these incidents reflected systemic problems. instead chief armstrong described the underlying incident. as a minor vehicle collision. now armstrong issued a written statement in response, which doesn't quote in part, quote after the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked inaccurate reports, it will be clear i was a loyal and effective reformer of the oakland police department , the statement goes on to say it will be equally clear that i'm committed no misconduct, and my termination is fundamentally wrong, u

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accusedhaving with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figure or claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start of 2017 only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit. s

that's when opd got involved the intervene. they followed the suspect they told him to drop his weapon at the time he did not comply. and both oakland police officers opened fire striking. the motorcyclist crashed in the area of 105th avenue and international boulevard. he then ran eastbound to 107th. avenue and international boulevard, where he attempted an armed carjacking of a vehicle. officers were nearby. gave verbal commands to the motorcyclist to drop his firearm. he did not comply. for the safety of the victim. and our community. opd officers discharged their firearms. and struck the motorcyclists. that suspect was taken to the hospital. he has non life threatening injuries with it speak to an eyewitness on the scene who said she just lost her brother. recently two shootings here in the streets of oakland. the life. we live in oakland, you know. it's sad, you know? because all our young people are dying, you know for what? for nothing, you know? oakland police tell us the suspect may be linked to other crimes here in th

stand from a sardinia crashed in opd vehicle in a hit and run and fired his service weapon inside an elevator at opd headquarters, the mayor said the city will launch a nationwide search to hire its next police chief. now armstrong issued a written response to his firing, saying after the relevant factor fully evaluated by wing evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategic klay leaked inaccurate reports. it will be clear. i was loyal and effective reformer of the oakland police department, he goes on. it will be equally clear that i committed no misconduct and my termination is fundamentally wrong, unjustified and unfair. former oakland city council member lauren taylor, who lost to the mayor is last november's closed mayoral race is troubled by the firing of chief armstrong. to say that i'm disappointed would be an understatement. mayor tells decision uh and also how it was carried out. i think it's oakland on the wrong trajectory for public safety for police reform, transparency for community trust and empowerment. taylor also said that the mayor's decision to remove armstr

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accusedng with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figaro claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start of 2017 only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit. she was

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in, dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figaro claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start o2017 only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit. sh

opd chief leronne armstrong has maintained he was not properly briefed on the hit and run case and did not have a chance to examine the weapons violation because a federal magistrate contract to the outside agency to step in and investigate. the mayor chief unpaid administrative leave on january 19th saying given the circumstances review boards, including the police oversight commission must weigh in whether he can continue serving as the chief. theresa kron, 4 news. >> our weather time now after a rainy weekend, we're drying things out on a monday night as we take a live look here at the san mateo bridge where still good amount of cars out about kron. 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. here to explain what is going on with the weather. that was weekend. yeah. this last weekend we had all that wet weather will yesterday was while you have the sunshine and all of a sudden you see the showers come in. >> then the yeah. so i mean, really just going wild stuff is low pressure. kind of spun right overhead. but now things calm down today, the skies parted and now we left a lot of sunshin

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figaro claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start of 2017, only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit.

it took a month for the car to be repaired. 2 months later after tracing the license plate to opd the owner's insurance company issued this letter to the oakland city attorney's office asking for nearly $14,000 for the damage attaching these photos as evidence. an outside agency has revealed in court documents that once the city attorney notified superiors at opd of the hit and run, the department opened an internal affairs investigation, but the sergeant involved was later cleared of the more egregious offense of a hit and run one. according to reports, a captain intervened. nearly a year later, another internal affairs investigation charge the same surgeons with discharging his weapon and opd headquarters. the hit and run case was then reopened. opd chief leronne armstrong has maintained he was not properly briefed on the hit and run case and did not have a chance to examine the weapons violation because a federal magistrate contract to the outside agency to step in and investigate. the mayor chief unpaid administrative leave on january 19th saying given the circumstances review boa

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door, went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figaro claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start of 2017, only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door, went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figaro claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start of 2017, only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit

howard jordan, a career opd officer stepped in dealing with the scandal where opd officers were accused of having with an underage girl 2 years later, you said he needed to leave for medical reasons. then there was anthony to rubio. another longtime officer. he served as chief for 2 days in may of 2013 before handing the job off to sean went went lasted 3 years as chief from may of 2013 to june of 2016. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department. his departure led to the most tumultuous period to date for the department for 9 days in june of 2016, the most important role at opd was a revolving door, went bad farrow paul figure or cycling in and out again, farrell because of an extramarital affair and figaro claiming he did not want scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over for 6 months and then along nationwide search ended with and kirkpatrick being sworn in at the start of 2017, only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission. kirkpatrick later filed a lawsuit

might they go outside opd?and secondly, i know you've talked with laurent armstrong a number of times in the past month. during all this turmoil. we got a statement from his lawyer. is there indication when you might be able to talk with him one on one? yeah i had made that request today. the chief is meeting with his attorney as we speak now, i did ask the mayor yesterday. gasia after her news conference whether she prefers an internal war external candidate, she says she just right wants the best person for the job. as you know, gasia. we've had inside and outside chiefs come in, and they've left in frustration or fired. this will be the 11th chief in 10 years for opd. alright, henry lee. thank you for your reporting. people who live in san francisco sunset district are still in shock after they tried to start repairing their homes now left by a massive explosion and fire one week ago. 50 neighbors met last night with their local supervisor, discuss what happened. ktvu jana katsuyama was there. the explosion

she came up the ranks in opd, 20 something years. he is a native of oakland. is this firing impact the city and a way that perhaps of the mayor would not want? >> she was in many situation. the chief knew she was going to had a divided house even if she had made the decision to keep chief armstrong, she would still have a divided house. ultimately this is one in which she had to make a hard decision and there was going to be a divided house. we will see what the fruits of this decision are over time. kristen: do you think things might have been different, ended differently had chief armstrong not said when he was first placed on leave that the federal monitor had an incentive to point out false and continue this oversight -- faults and continue this oversight situation? >> you know, whenever you such a disappointing event, and this is obviously a very disappointing event for chief armstrong, i think it would be a normal reaction that he is going to be expressing himself, whether it was the right thing to do, it was not for me. the mayor has every right to asse

reforming opd internal investigation, two potentially a civilian component into iad investigations and strengthening civilian oversight. accountability is critical but it's essential that we fix what went wrong in this. so, goes it's due to those reasons why i felt that we have to make a change. >> getting out from underneath that oversight has been important. because of that, you have received the support for your decision but also have you been surprised by the backlash from oakland's black leaders, especially from the naacp? >> well, you know, i know that, you know, leronne was born and raised here.ate end t what we do, how we move forward as a city, that to be m store. the city of oakland, the residents, the businesses here and ensuring that we get out from over the federal oversight is incredibly important. again, in making sure that we do that, the federal judge overseeing the city said he was profoundly disappointed in regards to what the independent investigative report demonstrated. moving forward, i do feel strongly it's the right move. we have to, you know, change course and

it took a month for the car to be repaired. 2 months later after tracing the license plate to opd the owner's insurance company issued this letter to the oakland city attorney's office asking for nearly $14,000 for the damage attaching these photos as evidence. an outside agency has revealed in court documents that once the city attorney notified superiors at opd of the hit and run, the department opened an internal affairs investigation. but the sergeant involved was later cleared of the more egregious offense of a hit and run one. according to reports, a captain intervened. nearly a year later, another internal affairs investigation charge the same surgeons with discharging his weapon opd headquarters. the hit and run case was then reopened. opd chief leronne armstrong has maintained he was not properly briefed on the hit and run case and did not have a chance to examine the weapons violation because a federal magistrate contract to the outside agency to step in and investigate. the mayor chief on paid administrative leave on january 19th saying given the circumstances review boards

that misconduct centered around an opd sergeant who was the driver in a hit and run.he sergeant fled the scene and was not disciplined for the incident. the outside report says. chief armstrong hastily approved a botched internal affairs investigation on that incident, something that armstrong strongly denies. this was serious misconduct by done by officers. but the report clearly establishes that i is chief was unaware. the report blatantly misstates and mischaracterizes key statement during my recorded interview, which everyone is able to confirm when he underlined material was released. it was released to everyone except the public. armstrong says the contents of the reporters still confidential because of the ongoing investigation, and he can't go into further details about how he believes it's inaccurate. opd has been under federal supervision for more than 20 years because of a police corruption case. back in 2003, decades long federal oversight was supposed to expire this may, but it appears the federal judge in charge of that process, believes there's somethin

vehicle enforcement that will remove abandoned cars throughout the city, and the unit will free up opd resources. >>> more help and funding is under way for victims of last month's shooting in half moon bay t. board of supervisors approved a resolution for $750,000 for emergency housing for the farmworkers displaced by the shooting. a lot of workers lived at the mushroom farms where a man shot and killed seven co-workers. the vote allows the county to use altogether $1.5 million to provide housing and support for those victims through march of next year. $750,000 comes from the american rescue act. the rest is from outside donations. >> the mass shooting put a spotlight on the living conditions we've seen at these two farms. they were living in unsafe and substandard conditions, and the residences have been red-tagged. they are now homeless because of this tragedy. >> yesterday the county also launched a task force to help all farmworkers who live in housing provided by their employer to avoid the horrible conditions farmworkers were living in at the farms in half moon bay. >>> hearts

. >> reporter: today we have learned that two opd lieutenants were placed on administrative leave in connection with the independent investigative report that the mayor cited in firing the chief. armstrong argues he brought opd into almost complete compliance with federal mandates and believes the mayor's actions put that in jeopardy, adding that calls from the community to reinstate him should prove his impact in the city. >> the voice of oakland speaks loud and it will not be silenced by this monster. >> reporter: the mayor said the chief's termination is a result of loss of confident. neither the federal monitor or the city provided any comment on today's accusations. in oakland, wallin a jones, nbc bay area news. >>> oakland pd says show shot a suspect in the middle of a carjacking this afternoon. sky ranger was over the scene shortly after that shooting. it happened at 1:00 p.m. police say a helicopter, police helicopter was following a suspect who was on a motorcycle who had been driving recklessly through the east part of the city. the motorcycle crashed but the man allegedly

opd has had 10 police chiefs in the past 10 years. i think that there's culture issues and still need to be addressed what they do need. as the ability to have system controls that should. be bumpers around reform so that it doesn't matter who the chief of police is. now in his defense, armstrong said in a statement. quote. i continue to believe that my termination was the result of a fundamentally flawed process that resulted in unfair inaccurate conclusions about me. i am continuing to evaluate my legal options to preserve my rights and my hard earned reputation and quote now. as for kirkpatrick, she won her wrongful termination suit after a jury found she was fired. in retaliation for exposing corruption among the oakland police commission. the circumstances around armstrong's firing are different, but kirkpatrick now travels around the country as a consultant working with law enforcement agencies in their department reforms. gasia and dave back to you. all right, thank you, ali time now. 7 34 san jose city leaders want to find new

for opd online reporting, visit oaklandca.gov. for urgent issues not considered emergencies, call 311. for transportation issues, call 510-615-5566. i've also put all those numbers on my twitter page. >>> just in, pg&e is pleading not guilty, this is to its alleged role in the deadly fire near reading. the utility faces several felony charges including involuntary manslaughter. that fire killed four people, burning more than 50,000 acres in shasta county. this is back in cement of 2010. investigators are blaming that fire on pg&e's failure to cut down damaged trees marked for removal. investigators say that tree was leaning towards power lines. >>> there's a push to get you more money for jury duty, and it's a major increase from the $15 a day stipend now offered. >> our digital reporter jodi hernandez -- abbey fernandez is tracking this for us. >> it increased the pay from $15 per day to $100 per day. the author of that bill, assembly member phil ting, wants to expand it to the entire state. today he introduced bill 881. it would

opd is deputy chief also said there appears to be no gang connection in any of the shootings. people have been detained in 2 of the incidents and police are on the lookout for the others are just say to the to the citizens of this community, which includes myself we will continue to work hard to help with crime fighting, you know, so that means if you have any video, any information, any tips, any leads? >> you know, please work with us so that we can one hold those responsible for committing these crimes and to, you know, try to identify ways and solutions that we can try to prevent some of these crimes and violence from occurring in our city. >> but with a shortage of officers and so many shootings, there have been complaints that some calls to 9-1-1, are taking hours to respond to oakland's deputy chief didn't deny that. >> we continue to respond to a priority as we see fit for some of the other calls that may online reporting or other means that are related to violence. unfortunately, they may not be responded to us. quickly. 5 of the shootings occurred within about a mile

. >> reporter: today we have learned that two opd lieutenants were placed on administrative leave in the independent investigative report that the mayor cited in firing the chief. armstrong argues he brought opd into almost complete compliance with federal mandates and believes the mayor's actions put that i

calls to get fired opd chief laron armstrong back in uniform are getting much louder.aacp chapter hosted a rally today with several prominent local leaders and their message is crystal clear. immediately reinstate armstrong. nbc bay area's velena jones tells us that is not the only demand. >> hey, hey. ho, ho. >> reporter: after 20 years of federal oversight of the oakland police department, frustrated community members gathered today to say they want fired opd chief laron armstrong back and the federal monitor let go. many blame him for the chief's dismissal last week. >> we want the monitor over the police department investigated and removed immediately. you've been fired from five other cities and today we fire you. >> reporter: dozens of armstrong supporters from community organizers, faith leaders, to allies from other cities gathered in front of city hall in a rally led by the oakland naacp chapter. armstrong was fired after accusations that he failed to adequately oversee an investigation into officer misconduct. >> we found that the chief was clearly ambushed a

so what opd is doing is increasing patrols in those areas. they say while crime statistics have gone down of overall throughout the city when it comes to break-in, they're seeing an increase of break-ins in the morning time. so they're trying to target specific times and areas where they know that this is happening. >> i'm still getting over getting your car broken into while you're still in the car. that's alarming for a lot of people. okay, velena jones, thank you. >>> tom brady is retiring again. this time he says he means it, and this time it impacts directly the 49ers. >> i'm retiring. for good. i know the process was a pretty big deal last time. so when i woke up this morning, i figure i just press record and let you guys know first. so thank you, guys, for allowing me to live my absolute dream. i wouldn't change a thing. love you all. >> you can see getting emotional there. brady posting that video on social media today. he made a similar announcement exactly one year ago today, but then 40 days later came out of retirement and played

and was one of the lawyers who is involved in the 2003 negotiated settlement agreement or nsa of the opd. the nsa was created following an explosive case of officer misconduct for the city paid out 10.9 million and agreed to dozens of reforms chan and was on the selection committee that ultimately offered the job of oakland's police chief to lure on armstrong. >> really thought that he was going to be there when we left and then an outside investigation found in opd officer involved in 2 separate misconduct cases. one a hit and run. >> the other firing his weapon and trying to cover it up. >> the investigation also said that bin chief armstrong failed to discipline the officer appropriately on january 19th newly elected mayor xing tao put him on paid leave, firing him 30 days later. >> first of all, i'm really glad that she did. really looked like it wasn't going to happen. there's a 30 day deadline from time. a complaint is sustained. chief being placed on leave. >> and this shannon says was a critical mistake, found his conduct, the chiefs conduct after the discipline. >> to really say

opd held a news conference today to address that surge in violence. >> including 3 homicides in just one night. here's a map showing the location of all 4 killings over the weekend. 3 of them taking place on friday night. the first and second shooting happening 2 blocks away from each other. the 3rd one happened at a home on 60th ave. >> the 4th was early sunday morning on webster street. police say 2 other people were also shot over the weekend but are expected to survive. >> and after this violent weekend in oakland that brings the total of people killed so far this year to 17, there were 16 at this time last year killed kron four's. dan kerman has the story. >> oakland police are investigating the killing of 4 people and the wounding of 2 others. >> this all happened over a 48 hour period between friday night and early sunday morning. >> at this time, we do not believe the shootings or homicides are connected. >> not only are the crimes unrelated, but police also believe there is no gang connection. >> so nothing that we can say is something for the community to fear >> there i th

cleveland of the coalition for police accountability says robert warsaw's motive for opening a new opd compliance investigation is also not what's under scrutiny here. >> you cover p becoming a parent, but now that the federal monitors motives are being called into question by some of the public mcelhaney says the thing to do is to remove all doubt. i've watched him lou. >> successive cheese with the promise that they're going to be the ones to bring a sense the compliance only for him to play lucy with the football and say you'll never kicked ball as long as it's in my has it made kron 4 news. >> chinatown leaders joined san francisco officials today to talk about safety at this year's chinese new year parade. the parade is set for this coming saturday. it comes just weeks after a mass shooting, though in monterey park and the one in half moon bay. both targeting some members of the asian american community this year. officials want to stress that everyone attending the parade event will be able to feel safe and a comfortable. that should anyone. >> do anything. the criminal nature wi

made the other decision to keep armstrong, that would have jeopardized this oversight and from the opd exiting this oversight, he says the federal monitor, robert warshaw would've had plenty of evidence that opd was not in compliance, especially when it comes to misconduct investigation, that is why the mayor made this instigation. >> thank you for that explanation, that was well said. think you're. >>> former chief armstrong also has local supporters who showed up on the steps of city hall, today. betty yu has been out in the community all day long speaking to small business owners who say oakland residents should have had a say in the chief's fate. >> community members pointed out that the mayor held several meetings, and she was they had done the same to get their input about this decision. either way, they are speaking out in support of leronne armstrong. >> this will be the bar. we are still sitting of living up. >> reporter: nina joiner is longtime resident and small business owner who knows the dangers of operating in oakland. they gave us a tour of a new space called field more

opd officers discharged their firearms. and struck the motorcyclist. police say two officers fired their guns, but did not say how many shots were fired. a woman who says she witnessed the shooting asked us not to show her face when i heard the police say, stop! put your hands up. i seen the guns coming out. and i said, oh, no. so then i heard a fire but i don't know who it came from him or them. so i went and ran around the corner, you know, and i just stood there, you know, so because i was scared. i thought the police might have hit me or something. so i got out of the way. police say the motorcyclist was treated at the scene and transported to the hospital, where he is being treated for non life threatening injuries. investigators say he may have been involved with another crime before he was spotted driving erratically and that the motorcycle he was driving was stolen, fearful everyday coming inside. so because apart here and have to come to this front door, i have bushes everywhere. so you're worried about being robbed, very robbed or even killed

it took a month for the car to be repaired. 2 months later after tracing the license plate to opd the owner's insurance company issued this letter to the oakland city attorney's office asking for nearly $14,000 for the damage attaching these photos as evidence. an outside agency has revealed in court documents that once the city attorney notified superiors at department opened an internal affairs investigation. but the sergeant involved was later cleared of the more egregious offense of a hit and run one. according to reports, a captain intervened. nearly a year later, another internal affairs investigation charge the same surgeons with discharging his weapon and opd headquarters. the hit and run case was then reopened. opd chief leronne armstrong has maintained he was not properly briefed on the hit and run case and did not have a chance to examine the weapons violation because a federal magistrate contract of the outside agency to step in and investigate. the mayor chief unpaid administrative leave on january 19th saying given the circumstances review boards, including the police ov

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. >> we're just about to get opd in compliance. something happens that something according to former oakland city councilmember lynette gibson mcelhaney. >> is the federal monitor overseeing the oakland police department. robert warshaw, who hired an outside law firm to investigate how opd handled a pair of incidents involving misconduct of an oakland police sergeant. the clean, he says warshaw has a financial conflict of interest to keep his oversight role at opd. they've been 10, 12, 13 chiefs. 3 mayors. >> how many successive city councils then he's being paid a million dollars and has the trust of the court to ensure that oakland's systems are in place to bring us a constitutionally sound high-performance team. and yet. every time we're about to come out from underneath his contracts. suddenly there's a bombshell. oakland mayor out place chief leronne armstrong administrative leave while she says she awaits all of the information in the matter. >> however, the mayor has given no indication that the federal monitor's role as a t

the clean, he says warshaw has a financial conflict of interest to keep his oversight role at opd.y've been 10, 12, 13 chiefs. 3 mayors. >> how many successive city councils then he's being paid a million dollars and has the trust of the court to ensure that oakland's systems are in place to bring us a constitutionally sound high-performance team. and yet. every time we're about to come out from underneath his contracts. suddenly there's a bombshell. oakland mayor out place chief leronne armstrong administrative leave while she says she awaits all of the information in the matter. >> however, the mayor has given no indication that the federal monitor's role as a there, any scrutiny by her administration. yes, i can understand that people might be skeptical, but the reality is. >> every time the police get close to being relieved from per site. some of million cleveland is on the steering committee for the coalition for police accountability in oakland. >> she says the coalition does not view was shaw as the issue here. i don't think it's the monitor. >> that's creating the problem.

. >> i'm so profoundly disappointed each time we're just about to get opd in compliance. something happens that something according to former oakland city councilmember lynette gibson mcelhaney. >> is the federal monitor overseeing the oakland police department. robert warshaw, who hired an outside law firm to investigate how opd handled a pair of incidents involving misconduct of an oakland police sergeant. the he says warshaw has a financial conflict of interest to keep his oversight role at opd. they've been 10, 12, 13 chiefs. 3 mayors how many successive city councils then he's being paid a million dollars and has the trust of the court to ensure that oakland's systems are in place to bring us a constitutionally sound high-performance team. >> and yet. every time we're about to come out from underneath his contracts. suddenly there's a bombshell. oakland mayor out place chief leronne armstrong administrative leave while she says she awaits all of the information in the matter. >> however, the mayor has given no indication that the federal monitor's role is are there a