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Baker interviewed an 18-year-old woman, Jane Doe, on September 30, 2015 at the Oakland Police Department for over two hours,\" the district attorney's review of O'Brien's death investigation concludes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The note is believed to be the beginning of a sprawling internal affairs investigation that the federal judge in charge of overseeing the court-mandated reform effort of the OPD called out for \"irregularities\" and possible violations of the city's agreement with the court. Judge Thelton Henderson put court-appointed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/07/15/federal-monitor-police-crisis-could-be-most-trying-time-in-opds-history/\" target=\"_blank\">federal monitor Robert Warshaw\u003c/a> in charge of the investigation via court order in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The most valuable thing about this report is its suggestion, by facts, that OPD knew about this case in September of 2015, didn’t tell the monitor at all, and the monitor had to go to court and get the case taken away from internal affairs,\" Chanin said. 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She previously shared text messages with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/badge-of-dishonor-top-oakland-police-department-officials-looked-away-as-east-bay-cops-sexually-exploited-and-trafficked-a-teenagerdepartmen/Content?oid=4832543\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Express\u003c/a> detailing a sexual relationship with O'Brien and other OPD officers that began after O'Brien encountered her on a stretch of Oakland's International Boulevard, and before she turned 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guap says she later had sex with approximately 30 law enforcement officers from multiple jurisdictions, including the Richmond, San Francisco and Livermore police departments and the Alameda and Contra Costa County sheriff's departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sexual exploitation crisis also involves at least one former employee of the Alameda District Attorney's Office. Richard Orozco, who is also a former Oakland police captain, was \u003ca href=\"http://kron4.com/2016/07/07/alameda-county-da-investigator-rick-orozco-fired-source-say/\" target=\"_blank\">fired\u003c/a> from the district attorney's office in early July after being implicated by online interactions with Guap. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/07/14/at-least-2-dozen-sfpd-officers-tied-to-teen-at-center-of-sexual-exploitation\" target=\"_blank\">KQED review\u003c/a> of Guap's Facebook page turned up more than two-dozen current and former San Francisco police officers with ties to her on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is gratuitous criminal misconduct, if true, by police officers,\" Stanford law professor Robert Weisberg said Monday in an interview. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department's investigations into the death of an officer now at the center of a sexual exploitation scandal, and the death of that officer's wife the previous year, were professional and thorough, according to a review released Monday by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275470479&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275470479'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney's \"critical incident team,\" convened to \u003ca href=\"http://www.alcoda.org/newsroom/files/2016_CIR_HuertaLopez_and_Ofc_OBrien.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">review\u003c/a> the investigations, found that police investigators reached the \"appropriate determination to classify each death a suicide.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It is like reading a table of contents alone with no book. ... It says virtually nothing about the contents of any of the documents or tapes they saw, the results of any of the examinations they did, or the testimony of anyone they talked to.'\u003ccite>Jim Chanin,\u003cbr>\nCivil rights attorney\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But civil rights attorney Jim Chanin, who has been involved in federal court monitoring of the department as part of the settlement to a lawsuit he co-litigated in 2003, said the district attorney's review contains little to no evidence on which its conclusions are based.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is like reading a table of contents alone with no book,\" he said. \"It says virtually nothing about the contents of any of the documents or tapes they saw, the results of any of the examinations they did, or the testimony of anyone they talked to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Alameda-County-D-A-conducts-parallel-Oakland-7468441.php\" target=\"_blank\">said in May\u003c/a> that the shooting death of Irma Huerta-Lopez had raised concerns, but the department's investigation found that she had taken her own life. He said he welcomed the district attorney's review of that investigation, plus the investigation into the death of her husband -- Officer Brendan O'Brien -- who killed himself in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Brien left a two-page typed letter discovered on a coffee table in front of his body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The letter appeared to be signed by Officer O'Brien,\" the district attorney's review says. \"The letter discussed Officer O'Brien's reasons for committing suicide. The letter did not contradict any of Officer O'Brien's previous statements about Ms. Huerta Lopez's death.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The note, which has not been made public, said \"a series of events regarding his wife and work prompted him to commit suicide,\" according to a coroner's report on O'Brien's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Based on information in the printed suicide note on the coffee table and the investigation, Sgt. Anderson and Sgt. Baker interviewed an 18-year-old woman, Jane Doe, on September 30, 2015 at the Oakland Police Department for over two hours,\" the district attorney's review of O'Brien's death investigation concludes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The note is believed to be the beginning of a sprawling internal affairs investigation that the federal judge in charge of overseeing the court-mandated reform effort of the OPD called out for \"irregularities\" and possible violations of the city's agreement with the court. Judge Thelton Henderson put court-appointed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/07/15/federal-monitor-police-crisis-could-be-most-trying-time-in-opds-history/\" target=\"_blank\">federal monitor Robert Warshaw\u003c/a> in charge of the investigation via court order in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The most valuable thing about this report is its suggestion, by facts, that OPD knew about this case in September of 2015, didn’t tell the monitor at all, and the monitor had to go to court and get the case taken away from internal affairs,\" Chanin said. He said it's unclear whether obscuring the investigation was the fault of internal affairs or Whent, whose \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/09/sean-whent-out-as-oakland-police-chief-reports-say\" target=\"_blank\">sudden resignation\u003c/a> June 10 started a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/17/a-department-in-crisis-yet-another-oakland-police-chief-removed/\" target=\"_blank\">quick succession\u003c/a> of temporary police chiefs.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nAn 18-year-old woman who goes by the name \"Celeste Guap\" \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/news/i-team-exclusive-woman-at-center-of-opd-scandal-speaks-out/1403842/\" target=\"_blank\">told ABC 7\u003c/a> last month that she was in communication with O'Brien shortly before he killed himself. She previously shared text messages with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/badge-of-dishonor-top-oakland-police-department-officials-looked-away-as-east-bay-cops-sexually-exploited-and-trafficked-a-teenagerdepartmen/Content?oid=4832543\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Express\u003c/a> detailing a sexual relationship with O'Brien and other OPD officers that began after O'Brien encountered her on a stretch of Oakland's International Boulevard, and before she turned 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guap says she later had sex with approximately 30 law enforcement officers from multiple jurisdictions, including the Richmond, San Francisco and Livermore police departments and the Alameda and Contra Costa County sheriff's departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sexual exploitation crisis also involves at least one former employee of the Alameda District Attorney's Office. Richard Orozco, who is also a former Oakland police captain, was \u003ca href=\"http://kron4.com/2016/07/07/alameda-county-da-investigator-rick-orozco-fired-source-say/\" target=\"_blank\">fired\u003c/a> from the district attorney's office in early July after being implicated by online interactions with Guap. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/07/14/at-least-2-dozen-sfpd-officers-tied-to-teen-at-center-of-sexual-exploitation\" target=\"_blank\">KQED review\u003c/a> of Guap's Facebook page turned up more than two-dozen current and former San Francisco police officers with ties to her on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is gratuitous criminal misconduct, if true, by police officers,\" Stanford law professor Robert Weisberg said Monday in an interview. He said typical cases of crimes by police officers may involve theft or, at worst, extortion that doesn't involve sex. \"Systematic sex trafficking is unbelievably off the charts for American police departments,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda Public Defender Brendon Woods reiterated concerns Monday about the integrity of prosecutions relying on testimony of officers tied to alleged sexual exploitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We currently do not know the exact number of cases impacted by this scandal,\" Woods said in a written statement. \"We remain concerned that, because of the behavior reported by the media, these officers are not credible in the courtroom.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as suspicions surrounding Huerta-Lopez's death, Weisberg said the district attorney's review will \"carry a lot of weight.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This isn’t a legal finding,\" he said. \"It doesn’t render judgment in any way. But I think it will be useful in squelching some of the more speculative inferences about what happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called for the district attorney's review in May \"in response to questions raised about the integrity of two closed police investigations,\" according to an emailed response from the mayor's office, which also notes an executive order Schaaf issued at the same time that requires any allegation of criminal misconduct by an Oakland police officer be immediately reported to local prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This third-party review serves to reinforce the integrity of our police investigations,\" Schaaf said in a written statement. \"The public deserves to have confidence that we take any allegations of wrongdoing seriously and that our Police Department continues to operate with the highest level of professional and ethical standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read the district attorney's report below:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The leak investigation that Oakland city officials launched last month could turn into a witch hunt, create a chilling effect on city employees and hurt Mayor Libby Schaaf politically, according to free speech advocates, journalists and political experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes are high: City workers who provided reporters with confidential information about alleged sexual exploitation in the Police Department and related personnel investigations could be fired or face other punishment, including criminal charges if they broke the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of investigations are traditionally launched to identify leakers and make an example out of them, said Peter Scheer, executive director of the San Rafael-based First Amendment Coalition. But the investigation doesn't necessarily have to find the leak to stop its source.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It sends the message that leaders are attempting to both protect those engaged in alleged bad behavior and keep it from the public, with all the style of someone trying to put toothpaste back in the tube.'\u003ccite>Tom Newton,\u003cbr>\nCalifornia Newspaper Publishers Association executive director\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The probes can \"stop leaks even before you find the leaker,\" Scheer said, adding that governments take on these kind of investigations \"simply to let everybody know that you're watching. You're looking over their shoulder ... trying to identify disloyal people within the government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor's investigation drew a sharp response from a journalist who focuses on freedom of information issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tamping reporters' sources is simply a defensive move,\" Thomas Peele, an East Bay Times reporter who teaches at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_30082096/peele-schaaf-trying-stop-embarassing-stories\">wrote\u003c/a> earlier this month. \"Just word of an investigation shuts people up, making it more difficult for reporters to bring forward the most attainable version of the truth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Express has broken \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/badge-of-dishonor-top-oakland-police-department-officials-looked-away-as-east-bay-cops-sexually-exploited-and-trafficked-a-teenagerdepartmen/Content?oid=4832543\" target=\"_blank\">several\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/06/30/cops-that-worked-at-richmond-schools-now-under-investigation-for-alleged-sexual-misconduct-with-former-student\" target=\"_blank\">leading\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/07/07/federal-police-officer-offered-to-pimp-east-bay-teenager-at-center-of-oakland-police-sex-abuse-scandal\" target=\"_blank\">developments\u003c/a> related to the scandals involving the OPD and other law enforcement agencies. The alternative weekly's top editor calls the leak investigation \"a waste of taxpayer dollars.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The mayor and police officials were embarrassed by our reporting,\" said Nick Miller, the newspaper's editor-in-chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a step backward for freedom of the press,\" he said. \"If not for the East Bay Express' investigation into sexual misconduct by Oakland police, bad cops would never have been held accountable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That opinion is echoed by the head of the association representing the state's newspapers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Targeting whistleblowers is the worst possible tactic,\" said Tom Newton, executive director of the California Newspaper Publishers Association. \"It sends the message that leaders are attempting to both protect those engaged in alleged bad behavior and keep it from the public. with all the style of someone trying to put toothpaste back in the tube.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leak investigation could hurt Schaaf's political career now and in the future, said James Taylor, a political science professor at the University of San Francisco.\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"QMVzlXzMdlXIRBUumZWPY2z760D688Dg\"]\u003cbr>\n\"I think it's potentially disastrous for her, given all of the problems she's trying to manage,\" Taylor said. \"I assume she has ambitions for the Democratic Party, and I think this is the kind of thing that can undermine those ambitions in the long run.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 22 city officials announced the leak probe after the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/libby-leaks-oakland-mayor-launches-investigation-against-city-and-police-whistleblowers/Content?oid=4849906\">Express\u003c/a> had gotten wind of it. City Administrator Sabrina Landreth acknowledged that she hired a private investigator \"to determine the source(s) of the leaks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our intention is to root out misconduct and prevent cover-ups, not to silence critics or whistleblowers,\" the city's \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/document/318864990/Oakland-Decision-to-Hire-Investigator-Into-Leaks\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a> says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's statement said that Landreth had hired an unspecified private investigator for the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reality, the task of rooting out the leak was given to the same outside lawyer who is reviewing the OPD Internal Affairs investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by officers: Morin Jacob of the law firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city retained Jacob on June 9. Boyd said the leak investigation is part of Jacob's larger probe into the OPD. The city is paying Jacob $75,000 for her work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob, who specializes in public safety law and internal affairs investigations and has represented the BART Police Department, did not return a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/24/oakland-mayor-libby-schaaf-defends-handling-of-police-scandals\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's Newsroom\u003c/a>\u003c/em> two days after the city acknowledged the leak investigation, Schaaf emphasized that the leaked information could be used to weaken the city's case against someone accused of misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because the media has publicized a certain version of events ... a lawyer can later use that fact to discredit the testimony of the witness,\" Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leaks could hurt the chances of city employees coming forward with valuable information, said city spokeswoman Karen Boyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our goal is to have a culture and an environment where people do feel safe and protected to come forward,\" Boyd said. \"This isn't an investigation into whistleblowers. This is an investigation into leaks of protected confidential information.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland offers several ways for city employees to come forward anonymously about problems in local government, Boyd said. They can \u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandauditor.com/en/whistleblower/report\">submit a report to the city auditor\u003c/a> or they can go straight to the woman who's running the police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landreth, the city administrator, has an \"open-door\" policy that urges Oakland workers to speak to her directly, Boyd said. \"She's made it clear she can only fix it if she's aware of it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, during executive staff meetings, Landreth has told supervisors that \"retaliation will not be tolerated,\" Boyd said. \"If people are going up the chain to her with problems that they feel need to be addressed ... she will maintain the confidentiality of those employees.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tamping reporters' sources is simply a defensive move,\" Thomas Peele, an East Bay Times reporter who teaches at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_30082096/peele-schaaf-trying-stop-embarassing-stories\">wrote\u003c/a> earlier this month. \"Just word of an investigation shuts people up, making it more difficult for reporters to bring forward the most attainable version of the truth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Express has broken \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/badge-of-dishonor-top-oakland-police-department-officials-looked-away-as-east-bay-cops-sexually-exploited-and-trafficked-a-teenagerdepartmen/Content?oid=4832543\" target=\"_blank\">several\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/06/30/cops-that-worked-at-richmond-schools-now-under-investigation-for-alleged-sexual-misconduct-with-former-student\" target=\"_blank\">leading\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/07/07/federal-police-officer-offered-to-pimp-east-bay-teenager-at-center-of-oakland-police-sex-abuse-scandal\" target=\"_blank\">developments\u003c/a> related to the scandals involving the OPD and other law enforcement agencies. The alternative weekly's top editor calls the leak investigation \"a waste of taxpayer dollars.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The mayor and police officials were embarrassed by our reporting,\" said Nick Miller, the newspaper's editor-in-chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a step backward for freedom of the press,\" he said. \"If not for the East Bay Express' investigation into sexual misconduct by Oakland police, bad cops would never have been held accountable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That opinion is echoed by the head of the association representing the state's newspapers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Targeting whistleblowers is the worst possible tactic,\" said Tom Newton, executive director of the California Newspaper Publishers Association. \"It sends the message that leaders are attempting to both protect those engaged in alleged bad behavior and keep it from the public. with all the style of someone trying to put toothpaste back in the tube.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leak investigation could hurt Schaaf's political career now and in the future, said James Taylor, a political science professor at the University of San Francisco.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\"I think it's potentially disastrous for her, given all of the problems she's trying to manage,\" Taylor said. \"I assume she has ambitions for the Democratic Party, and I think this is the kind of thing that can undermine those ambitions in the long run.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 22 city officials announced the leak probe after the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/libby-leaks-oakland-mayor-launches-investigation-against-city-and-police-whistleblowers/Content?oid=4849906\">Express\u003c/a> had gotten wind of it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf sat down with \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/kqed-newsroom\">KQED Newsroom\u003c/a>\u003c/em> for an exclusive Bay Area interview about the ongoing police sexual misconduct scandal and other events that have rocked the Oakland Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In less than two weeks, the department \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/17/a-department-in-crisis-yet-another-oakland-police-chief-removed\">burned through three police chiefs\u003c/a> — from the sudden resignation of Sean Whent to the sacking of Ben Fairow for unspecified reasons to the departure of Paul Figueroa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairow’s tenure as Oakland’s top cop lasted just six days. Figueroa’s tenure was even shorter — two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We made decisions that we thought were the best at the moment,” Schaaf said about the swiftness with which she appointed Fairow as interim chief, only to quickly remove him. “I have said that it was a mistake on my part to bring Ben Fairow in without having completely vetted him prior to announcing his appointment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regarding Figueroa’s speedy exit, Schaaf would only say, “His decision to leave his post was personal. He felt he could not perform the duties. That is what his letter said and there is nothing more than that involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘I have been as open and transparent as I’m legally allowed to be.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Mayor Schaaf has said repeatedly that state privacy laws prevent her from saying more about personnel decisions, but suggested to KQED that there is a lot more than what has been reported in the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have been as open and transparent as I’m legally allowed to be, but it is frustrating that the public will never understand all the details,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Schaaf has put City Administrator Sabrina Landreth in charge of the Police Department as the city conducts a national search for a new chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several community activist groups, including Oakland’s Anti Police-Terror Project, have called for an outside agency — perhaps the U.S. Department of Justice — to investigate the police scandals. They say they have lost confidence in the Police Department to hold its own accountable and they’re demanding Schaaf’s resignation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor says she respects the right of protesters to criticize her, but remains defiant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel very good about every decision that I have made. I feel great about the leadership team around me,” Schaaf said. “I am not planning to resign at this time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the allegations of sexual misconduct involving a teenager who calls herself Celeste Guap have continued to build over the course of several months. There are now at least 14 officers under investigation in the Oakland Police Department alone, while other law enforcement agencies in Richmond and Alameda County have also become implicated. Oakland is also investigating racist text messages sent by officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Schaaf says she supports more \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/22/oakland-police-scandal-could-lead-to-statewide-vote-on-opening-cops-personnel-records\">openness in police personnel files\u003c/a>, she stopped short of fully endorsing the idea that they be made public, saying only, “I believe that the public does have a right to know more than they are getting to know right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like her predecessor Jean Quan, Schaaf adamantly opposes the idea of placing Oakland’s Police Department under federal receivership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland residents are best served when the people that they elected to run the city are in fact running it,” Schaaf said. “This is an appropriate time to exert some civilian oversight over the department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote aligncenter\">‘I feel very good about every decision that I have made.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Read the interview transcript here:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thuy Vu: When and how did you first learn about the alleged sexual relationships between the Oakland police officers and the teenage sex worker?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Libby Schaaf: I learned about them in March from the city administrator Sabrina Landreth, but this is a type of incident that I should have been briefed on earlier. That’s why we are not just investigating the misconduct but also the investigative process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Oakland has had three police chiefs in nine days, and currently has no chief. The city administrator is overseeing the department. Did you have a succession plan in place when you let Chief Sean Whent go?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: The fact that Sean Whent went very quickly, that was not anticipated. We made decisions that we thought were the best at the moment. I have said that it was a mistake on my part to bring Ben Fairow in without having completely vetted him prior to announcing his appointment. But I do have confidence in our city administrator. Again, this is an appropriate time to exert some civilian oversight over the department. Also, of the men and women of the Police Department itself. They are just as outraged and disgusted by this scandal as I am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Can you tell us why the third chief, Paul Figueroa, quit?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: Chief Figueroa submitted his resignation stating that he was unable to perform the duties of the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Did he say why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: He did not go into details and I know that it has been frustrating for the public. Believe me, it’s frustrating for me —\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Did you ask him for details?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: Can I finish answering your question without interruption?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: Thank you. It has been frustrating for the public and it is frustrating for me that state law prohibits the sharing of personnel information of a police officer. That protection extends to the chief. I have been as open and transparent as I’m legally allowed to be, but it is frustrating that the public will never understand all the details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Do you think sexual misconduct personnel files should be made available to the public? Currently state law bars it from it being made public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: I believe that there’s a lot of room for improvement to the current levels of protection that police officers have to their privacy. I believe that the public does have a right to know more than they are getting to know right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: State Sen. Mark Leno now is considering putting forth a measure before voters that would allow that — give more public access to misconduct and discipline files for law enforcement officers. 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We are still in the middle of this investigation. But because the media has publicized a certain version of events, when we conduct an interview of a witness after that publicity has been released, a lawyer can later use that fact to discredit the testimony of the witness. And that is why we believe it’s in the public’s interest to not share these types of details about the investigation until it’s completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: It’s become evident that this sexual misconduct had been going on for a while and a lot of people within the department seem to know about it. Yet no one came forth to tell you about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: I have talked a lot this week about what I believe is a toxic macho culture. That’s why it’s important we not just look at our recruiting and screening practices — just at who is becoming a police officer — but the culture once they’re in the department. A culture of not coming forward and reporting this conduct, that is something that I’m very serious about getting underneath and reforming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Some community groups are also calling for your resignation. Your response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: This is a great democracy. I love being an American because people are free to protest, to criticize their elected officials. That is part of the democratic process. I similarly am hearing tremendous amounts of support from the community, who appreciate the stance that I’ve taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: I take then, for the record, you have no plans to resign?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: I am not planning to resign at this time, no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: This scandal comes as the department is still trying to end 13 years of federal monitoring. That’s due to the brutality and false police reports that were brought forth in the Riders case. Why should Oakland residents have any confidence that the department’s problems can be fixed under your administration?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: It is frustrating. I think it is known that we were actually in negotiations around ending the court oversight when this scandal broke. Obviously, this does set back those discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Do you think that perhaps it’s time for the Police Department to be placed under federal receivership? Would the Oakland residents be better served?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: No, the Oakland residents are best served when the people that they elected to run the city are in fact running it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vu: Looking back over your past year and a half as mayor, especially over the past two weeks, is there anything that you wish you had done differently?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf: I feel very good about every decision that I have made. 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"content": "\u003cp>In eight days, Oakland has shattered its \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/10/96792/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous record\u003c/a> and burned through three police chiefs. The city’s also seen several extreme cases of police misconduct come to light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest department head, former Assistant Chief and short-lived interim Chief Paul Figueroa has left the post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf began a Friday evening press conference to address the continued shakeup with this: “I am here to run a police department and not a frat house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she dropped another bomb. A group of OPD officers are now under investigation for swapping racist text messages in a new scandal unrelated to those involving illicit sex or the sharing of confidential murder case files.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do think it’s relevant to share that the text messages were sent by African-American officers,” Schaaf said, “but they are wholly inappropriate and not acceptable from anyone who wears the badge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said Figueroa was taking a leave and would return at the rank of captain — by his own choice. Figueroa did not answer his cellphone Friday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OPD observers were gobsmacked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shocking and stunning again,” civil rights attorney John Burris said Friday night. “I’m stunned about the rapid turnover among chiefs and the topsy-turvy nature of what’s going on in Oakland now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/DarwinBondGraha/status/743972398081286146\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said she would not pick another acting chief and instead put City Administrator Sabrina Landreth at the head of the OPD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel this is an appropriate time to place civilian oversight over this police department and to send a very clear message about how serious we are about not tolerating misconduct, unethical behavior, and to root out what is clearly a toxic, macho culture,” Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former OPD Chief Howard Jordan wasn’t sure a civilian was allowed to command a municipal police department in California, he said in an emailed response Friday night, and Landreth’s appointment could jeopardize OPD’s state accreditation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game of “pick-the-chief” started last Thursday night with Sean Whent’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/09/sean-whent-out-as-oakland-police-chief-reports-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden resignation\u003c/a> delivered via \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/315374187/Resignation-letter-from-Chief-Whent-to-City-Administrator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email\u003c/a>. Whent said simply that he believed “the timing was right for me to move on and explore other opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That timing was right in the middle of a growing scandal percolating beneath the surface of a department that, to the casual observer, looked to be model for a new era of policing, thanks in part to 13 years of strict federal oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to caution you about the timing of all of this,” Jordan told KQED Friday afternoon, before Figueroa’s sudden departure. “This was something that was coming, and outwardly, the appearance was that the department was on the right track. But inwardly there’s been a lot of concerns about what we’re seeing today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Former OPD Chief Howard Jordan on the state of his former Police Department.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/269679673″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whent left amid \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/badge-of-dishonor-top-oakland-police-department-officials-looked-away-as-east-bay-cops-sexually-exploited-and-trafficked-a-teenagerdepartmen/Content?oid=4832543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news that numerous Oakland officers\u003c/a> had relationships with a young woman who worked in the sex trade, and some officers may have had sex with her before she turned 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Schaff then named former OPD Captain and current BART Police Deputy Chief Ben Fairow to lead the department in an interim capacity while the city conducted a search for an outsider. Five days later, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/15/oakland-mayor-fires-new-interim-police-chief-after-four-days-on-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairow was suddenly\u003c/a> out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaff said she made a mistake and new information prompted her to rethink Fairow’s appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The important thing is that I’m fixing it,” she said. “I’m fixing it quickly, and I’m not trying to hide or not disclose what I’m doing or why I’m doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she cited state law privacy protections for police officers in declining to state why she felt Fairow was unfit to lead the police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that the leadership at this time is critical in order to build confidence that the culture of this department does not tolerate unethical behavior, sexual misconduct or lying,” Schaff said when she announced Fairow’s ouster and the appointment of Paul Figueroa as interim chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey offered a possible explanation: He said Fairow had disclosed an extramarital affair that had taken place a decade ago. Rainey welcomed Fairow back to the BART Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Express, which has \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/badge-of-dishonor-top-oakland-police-department-officials-looked-away-as-east-bay-cops-sexually-exploited-and-trafficked-a-teenagerdepartmen/Content?oid=4832543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">led coverage\u003c/a> of Oakland Police Department’s sordid controversies, \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/06/17/veteran-oakland-homicide-investigator-mishandled-evidence-in-ongoing-murder-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> that an OPD homicide investigator had become the subject of a criminal investigation for allegedly sharing confidential details of murder cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civil rights attorney John Burris, whose lawsuit with co-attorney Jim Chanin brought the OPD under federal oversight in 2003, said he wasn’t considering moving for a full federal takeover, called “receivership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not yet, not yet, not yet,” he said. “But we will if it becomes necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Whent said simply that he believed “the timing was right for me to move on and explore other opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That timing was right in the middle of a growing scandal percolating beneath the surface of a department that, to the casual observer, looked to be model for a new era of policing, thanks in part to 13 years of strict federal oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to caution you about the timing of all of this,” Jordan told KQED Friday afternoon, before Figueroa’s sudden departure. “This was something that was coming, and outwardly, the appearance was that the department was on the right track. 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Five days later, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/15/oakland-mayor-fires-new-interim-police-chief-after-four-days-on-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairow was suddenly\u003c/a> out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaff said she made a mistake and new information prompted her to rethink Fairow’s appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The important thing is that I’m fixing it,” she said. “I’m fixing it quickly, and I’m not trying to hide or not disclose what I’m doing or why I’m doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she cited state law privacy protections for police officers in declining to state why she felt Fairow was unfit to lead the police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that the leadership at this time is critical in order to build confidence that the culture of this department does not tolerate unethical behavior, sexual misconduct or lying,” Schaff said when she announced Fairow’s ouster and the appointment of Paul Figueroa as interim chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey offered a possible explanation: He said Fairow had disclosed an extramarital affair that had taken place a decade ago. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6:15 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced the \"immediate removal\" of interim Police Chief Ben Fairow after just five days on the job. The mayor said in \u003ca href=\"#schaafstatement\">a statement\u003c/a> and reiterated in a press conference Wednesday afternoon that she made the move after information came to light that \"caused me to lose confidence\" in Fairow's ability to lead the department. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairow, a former Oakland police captain who had been serving as deputy chief of BART's police force and was \"on loan\" from the transit agency, was appointed Thursday night when \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/09/sean-whent-out-as-oakland-police-chief-reports-say\" target=\"_blank\">Chief Sean Whent resigned\u003c/a>. Whent's departure is \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-real-reason-why-oakland-fired-its-police-chief/Content?oid=4826701\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly due\u003c/a> to his handling of a scandal surrounding at least half a dozen Oakland police officers and their sexual involvement with a teenage prostitute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a City Hall press conference, Schaaf repeatedly deflected questions about what information had surfaced to impeach Fairow by citing constraints imposed by state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey offered a potential explanation Wednesday night announcing, \"The BART Police Department welcomes back Deputy Chief Ben Fairow.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ben has shared information with me that, while he was married, he had a personal relationship with a consenting adult more than a decade ago, none of which precludes him from serving as a sworn law enforcement officer or as one of my Deputy Chiefs,\" Rainey said in a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf told reporters earlier Wednesday that no full background investigation had been conducted before Fairow was appointed and that the vetting process involved only \"brief interviews\" conducted in her office. She added that Robert Warshaw, the court-appointed official monitoring the Police Department's compliance with reforms mandated by its 2003 settlement of a civil rights lawsuit, had concurred in the choice of Fairow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chief Fairow is someone I have personally worked with for many years,\" Schaaf told reporters. \"He enjoys a very good reputation, and we were in the process of doing a more formal background check process. But that became unnecessary due to my decision yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In answer to a question from KRON's Dan Kerman about how Fairow's rapid removal reflected on her leadership and decision-making, she said that she was owning her mistake. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The important thing is that I'm fixing it, I'm fixing it quickly, and I'm not trying to hide or not disclose what I'm doing or why I'm doing it,\" Schaaf said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf has selected an assistant police chief, Paul Figueroa, to serve as acting chief of the department -- the OPD's sixth permanent, interim or acting chief since 2009. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said Figueroa's short-term appointment was designed to allow time for \"a more appropriate\" search for an interim chief, who will be in place while the city continues a nationwide search for a permanent chief. The interim chief, she said, will be someone from outside the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to take some time to make the best interim move, because the leadership of this department at this moment in time is very important,\" Schaaf said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of the sexual misconduct scandal embroiling the department, she added: \"We are dealing with disgusting allegations that upset me greatly, and I believe that the leadership at this time is critical in order to build confidence that the culture of this department does not tolerate unethical behavior, sexual misconduct or lying.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf reiterated that theme when asked about the scandal, in which one officer has committed suicide, two have resigned and three others have been placed on leave because of allegations they were involved with a teenage girl who reportedly worked as a prostitute in Oakland and Richmond. Some of the encounters are said to have taken place before the girl turned 18 last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-real-reason-why-oakland-fired-its-police-chief/Content?oid=4826701\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Express reported last week\u003c/a> that Chief Whent was pushed out because he mishandled the case. Schaaf has characterized Whent's departure as voluntary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two civil rights attorneys who brought the lawsuit that landed OPD in the oversight of federal Judge Thelton Henderson in 2003 said Wednesday that they are considering pushing for expanding Henderson and Federal Monitor Warshaw’s control over the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Burris and Jim Chanin said they’re considering filing a motion to create a “limited form” of federal receivership, and take control of recruitment, hiring and training out of OPD’s hands, both noting that most if not all OPD officers under investigation are recent hires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is stunning because we’re talking about officers essentially being ‘Sir Galahad’ in the day time and sexual predators in the evening,” Burris said. “They should not be involved in illegal activity, and they should not be passing a young girl around like she was a rag doll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about her personal feelings on the case and the department's alleged role, Schaaf said she's determined to make sure the Police Department's culture \"does not tolerate immoral behavior, bad judgment, disrespect -- and certainly does not tolerate the victimization of sexually exploited minors. I hope people feel how important this is to me. It is disgusting and disturbing that this type of behavior could go on or be tolerated, and that is something I am very committed to rooting out as well as holding people accountable who engaged in it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said that Fairow \"was very professional in his understanding of the situation and my decision.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday morning, the East Bay Times published a story headlined \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_30015886/oakland-new-chief-called-straight-arrow\" target=\"_blank\">New Oakland police chief called a 'straight arrow\u003c/a>.'\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The piece briefly details Fairow's OPD career and quotes his former boss, retired Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, who quit the job with no notice in 2013:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>During his days at OPD, Fairow was among a group of officers who called themselves the \"other commanders\" and pushed for department reforms, including cameras in interview rooms and better management of confidential informants, said former police Chief Howard Jordan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We felt we were the younger, more progressive group, and the older, more senior command officers were sort of old school,\" said Jordan, who has known Fairow for more than two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairow's work earned him a department nickname.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Straight as an Arrow' Fairow, he does things by the book and is not afraid to make tough decisions,\" Jordan said. \"If he makes a mistake, he will be the first to admit it.\".\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"schaafstatement\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the full text of Schaaf's statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Oakland, CA — Mayor Libby Schaaf today announced the immediate removal of Interim Police Chief Ben Fairow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the abrupt resignation of Sean Whent last week, we sought to have seamless leadership of the Oakland Police Department and selected an individual who understood the dynamics in Oakland and who, based on his previous employment with OPD, could hit the ground running. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, I have just received information that has caused me to lose confidence in Ben Fairow’s ability to lead the Oakland Police Department at this particular moment in time. OPD staff, members of our community and City leadership deserve to have complete trust and confidence in our Chief, especially during this critical transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law prohibits me from further elaborating on the specific factors that led to this decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I made the decision to appoint Ben Fairow, I also own the decision to remove him. I firmly believe that when you make a mistake, you need to own it, and act quickly to correct it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I appreciate Ben’s willingness to come to the aid of our city, and regret that his appointment was not the right decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the short term, Assistant Chief Paul Figueroa will temporarily serve as Acting Police Chief effective immediately while we identify an Interim Chief and conduct a national search to fill the role of Chief permanently. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know that the vast majority of the men and women of the Oakland Police Department are dedicated public servants whose efforts have moved this department forward and made Oakland safer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I recognize the impact that this chain of events may have on the Department and how it may shake the public trust, but I am committed to ensuring the long-term health, stability and effectiveness of the Oakland Police Department. This is what must be done to achieve that goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Libby Schaaf will be available to answer questions from the media at 2 pm today in City Hall, Mayor’s conference room.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6:15 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced the \"immediate removal\" of interim Police Chief Ben Fairow after just five days on the job. The mayor said in \u003ca href=\"#schaafstatement\">a statement\u003c/a> and reiterated in a press conference Wednesday afternoon that she made the move after information came to light that \"caused me to lose confidence\" in Fairow's ability to lead the department. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairow, a former Oakland police captain who had been serving as deputy chief of BART's police force and was \"on loan\" from the transit agency, was appointed Thursday night when \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/09/sean-whent-out-as-oakland-police-chief-reports-say\" target=\"_blank\">Chief Sean Whent resigned\u003c/a>. Whent's departure is \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-real-reason-why-oakland-fired-its-police-chief/Content?oid=4826701\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly due\u003c/a> to his handling of a scandal surrounding at least half a dozen Oakland police officers and their sexual involvement with a teenage prostitute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a City Hall press conference, Schaaf repeatedly deflected questions about what information had surfaced to impeach Fairow by citing constraints imposed by state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey offered a potential explanation Wednesday night announcing, \"The BART Police Department welcomes back Deputy Chief Ben Fairow.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ben has shared information with me that, while he was married, he had a personal relationship with a consenting adult more than a decade ago, none of which precludes him from serving as a sworn law enforcement officer or as one of my Deputy Chiefs,\" Rainey said in a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf told reporters earlier Wednesday that no full background investigation had been conducted before Fairow was appointed and that the vetting process involved only \"brief interviews\" conducted in her office. She added that Robert Warshaw, the court-appointed official monitoring the Police Department's compliance with reforms mandated by its 2003 settlement of a civil rights lawsuit, had concurred in the choice of Fairow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chief Fairow is someone I have personally worked with for many years,\" Schaaf told reporters. \"He enjoys a very good reputation, and we were in the process of doing a more formal background check process. But that became unnecessary due to my decision yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In answer to a question from KRON's Dan Kerman about how Fairow's rapid removal reflected on her leadership and decision-making, she said that she was owning her mistake. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The important thing is that I'm fixing it, I'm fixing it quickly, and I'm not trying to hide or not disclose what I'm doing or why I'm doing it,\" Schaaf said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf has selected an assistant police chief, Paul Figueroa, to serve as acting chief of the department -- the OPD's sixth permanent, interim or acting chief since 2009. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said Figueroa's short-term appointment was designed to allow time for \"a more appropriate\" search for an interim chief, who will be in place while the city continues a nationwide search for a permanent chief. The interim chief, she said, will be someone from outside the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to take some time to make the best interim move, because the leadership of this department at this moment in time is very important,\" Schaaf said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of the sexual misconduct scandal embroiling the department, she added: \"We are dealing with disgusting allegations that upset me greatly, and I believe that the leadership at this time is critical in order to build confidence that the culture of this department does not tolerate unethical behavior, sexual misconduct or lying.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf reiterated that theme when asked about the scandal, in which one officer has committed suicide, two have resigned and three others have been placed on leave because of allegations they were involved with a teenage girl who reportedly worked as a prostitute in Oakland and Richmond. Some of the encounters are said to have taken place before the girl turned 18 last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-real-reason-why-oakland-fired-its-police-chief/Content?oid=4826701\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Express reported last week\u003c/a> that Chief Whent was pushed out because he mishandled the case. Schaaf has characterized Whent's departure as voluntary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two civil rights attorneys who brought the lawsuit that landed OPD in the oversight of federal Judge Thelton Henderson in 2003 said Wednesday that they are considering pushing for expanding Henderson and Federal Monitor Warshaw’s control over the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Burris and Jim Chanin said they’re considering filing a motion to create a “limited form” of federal receivership, and take control of recruitment, hiring and training out of OPD’s hands, both noting that most if not all OPD officers under investigation are recent hires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is stunning because we’re talking about officers essentially being ‘Sir Galahad’ in the day time and sexual predators in the evening,” Burris said. “They should not be involved in illegal activity, and they should not be passing a young girl around like she was a rag doll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about her personal feelings on the case and the department's alleged role, Schaaf said she's determined to make sure the Police Department's culture \"does not tolerate immoral behavior, bad judgment, disrespect -- and certainly does not tolerate the victimization of sexually exploited minors. I hope people feel how important this is to me. It is disgusting and disturbing that this type of behavior could go on or be tolerated, and that is something I am very committed to rooting out as well as holding people accountable who engaged in it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf said that Fairow \"was very professional in his understanding of the situation and my decision.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday morning, the East Bay Times published a story headlined \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_30015886/oakland-new-chief-called-straight-arrow\" target=\"_blank\">New Oakland police chief called a 'straight arrow\u003c/a>.'\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The piece briefly details Fairow's OPD career and quotes his former boss, retired Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, who quit the job with no notice in 2013:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>During his days at OPD, Fairow was among a group of officers who called themselves the \"other commanders\" and pushed for department reforms, including cameras in interview rooms and better management of confidential informants, said former police Chief Howard Jordan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We felt we were the younger, more progressive group, and the older, more senior command officers were sort of old school,\" said Jordan, who has known Fairow for more than two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fairow's work earned him a department nickname.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Straight as an Arrow' Fairow, he does things by the book and is not afraid to make tough decisions,\" Jordan said. \"If he makes a mistake, he will be the first to admit it.\".\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"schaafstatement\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated, 1:30 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf says that Police Chief Sean Whent was not pressured to resign from the police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The chief's resignation was a personal decision and I respect it tremendously,\" Schaaf told reporters at City Hall Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her remarks came hours after she and City Administrator Sabrina Landreth confirmed that Whent is stepping down after three years as the head of the department, a late-night announcement spurred by \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/06/09/oakland-police-chief-whent-reportedly-being-fired\" target=\"_blank\">a flurry of media reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whent's resignation \u003ca href=\"#letter\">letter\u003c/a> came in the midst of an investigation into the department's handling of a case involving several officers who reportedly had sex with the teenage daughter of a police dispatcher. The investigation has expanded to examine the suicide of one of those officers and the violent death of his wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor emphasized that Whent was not the subject of that investigation and revealed that the city has retained an independent investigator to review the police department's administrative probe into the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will hold anyone who has engaged in misconduct in this department fully accountable,\" Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement circulated by the city administrator at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, Whent expressed pride in his two decades of service in the Oakland Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"SO2Cm40qjzJWs6PpwIeUae9tHPAp5QPo\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I took this job three years ago as interim chief, I vowed to help move the department forward and make Oakland safer by forging a stronger relationship with members of this diverse community,\" he said. \"I am proud to have done that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her statement, Schaaf expressed gratitude to the chief, credited him with making the city safer, and said \"he has done the critical work of driving principled, sustainable policing in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Burris, an Oakland civil rights attorney who represents plaintiffs in the \"Riders\" civil rights case against the department, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/10/longtime-opd-critic-shocked-by-chiefs-resignation\" target=\"_blank\">told KQED's Ted Goldberg\u003c/a> on Friday morning he felt Whent had done a good job as chief overall and that the resignation came as a complete surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The investigations that were taking place -- although we were not privy to all of them -- were significant and they raised real questions about what the chief knew and when did he know it,\" Burris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Fairow, a former Oakland police captain who now serves as a deputy chief for the BART Police Department, will head the department in an interim capacity while the city searches for a new chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been away for several years but I'm ready to hit the ground running,\" Fairow said Friday morning. \"I can assure the momentum the police department has, when it comes to fighting crime and establishing those relationships with the community, is going to continue and improve.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hours before Thursday night's announcement, several Bay Area news outlets, \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/06/09/oakland-police-chief-whent-reportedly-being-fired\" target=\"_blank\">led by the East Bay Express\u003c/a>, reported that Whent would be fired or step down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sex scandal that apparently prompted Whent's departure came to light after \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/05/12/oakland-police-underage-sex-scandal-involves-cop-who-possibly-killed-his-wife\" target=\"_blank\">the suicide of an Oakland officer\u003c/a>, Brendan O'Brien, last September. O'Brien's death, in turn, followed \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29890918/oakland-police-sex-scandal-grows\" target=\"_blank\">the gunshot death\u003c/a> of his wife in 2014 under circumstances a coroner's report described as suspicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson, the judge overseeing a sweeping package of reforms in the Oakland Police Department arising from the Riders lawsuit, expressed dismay with the department's handling of the investigation earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a one-page order filed March 23, Henderson cited \"irregularities and possible violations\" of the settlement and said the case \"raises most serious concerns that may well impact\" the Police Department's \"ability to demonstrate their commitment to accountability.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He directed Robert Warshaw, the man he appointed to monitor the OPD's compliance with the settlement, to oversee the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the O'Brien angle to the sex case became public last month, Mayor Libby Schaaf called for an independent investigation by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office -- one that would exclude any of the DA's employees who were former Oakland cops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf appeared at a press conference with Whent on May 13 and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29890918/oakland-police-sex-scandal-grows\" target=\"_blank\">declared\u003c/a>, \"We as Oaklanders can expect to hold officers to the highest standards of conduct -- again, both while they wear a uniform and when they do not. And that is a standard that we intend to enforce in the city of Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, two officers have resigned as a result of the alleged sexual misconduct and two others remain on paid leave while the department's Internal Affairs Division investigates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the case surfaced, Whent had received consistently high marks from Warshaw, the court-appointed monitor. Violent crime has been down since Whent took command. The chief won widespread credit for a change in the Police Department's approach to use of force when it went more than two years without recording a fatal shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That period ended last June, and the OPD recorded a total of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/15/oakland-police-kill-man-they-say-brandished-replica-pistol\" target=\"_blank\">five fatal shootings over five months\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whent \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/10/96792/\" target=\"_blank\">was appointed interim chief\u003c/a> in May 2013 when Chief Howard Jordan, under fire for the department's response to the Occupy Oakland demonstrations and other officer misconduct cases, retired with no notice. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor emphasized that Whent was not the subject of that investigation and revealed that the city has retained an independent investigator to review the police department's administrative probe into the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will hold anyone who has engaged in misconduct in this department fully accountable,\" Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement circulated by the city administrator at 11:15 p.m. Thursday, Whent expressed pride in his two decades of service in the Oakland Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I took this job three years ago as interim chief, I vowed to help move the department forward and make Oakland safer by forging a stronger relationship with members of this diverse community,\" he said. \"I am proud to have done that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her statement, Schaaf expressed gratitude to the chief, credited him with making the city safer, and said \"he has done the critical work of driving principled, sustainable policing in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Burris, an Oakland civil rights attorney who represents plaintiffs in the \"Riders\" civil rights case against the department, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/10/longtime-opd-critic-shocked-by-chiefs-resignation\" target=\"_blank\">told KQED's Ted Goldberg\u003c/a> on Friday morning he felt Whent had done a good job as chief overall and that the resignation came as a complete surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The investigations that were taking place -- although we were not privy to all of them -- were significant and they raised real questions about what the chief knew and when did he know it,\" Burris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Fairow, a former Oakland police captain who now serves as a deputy chief for the BART Police Department, will head the department in an interim capacity while the city searches for a new chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been away for several years but I'm ready to hit the ground running,\" Fairow said Friday morning. \"I can assure the momentum the police department has, when it comes to fighting crime and establishing those relationships with the community, is going to continue and improve.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hours before Thursday night's announcement, several Bay Area news outlets, \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/06/09/oakland-police-chief-whent-reportedly-being-fired\" target=\"_blank\">led by the East Bay Express\u003c/a>, reported that Whent would be fired or step down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sex scandal that apparently prompted Whent's departure came to light after \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2016/05/12/oakland-police-underage-sex-scandal-involves-cop-who-possibly-killed-his-wife\" target=\"_blank\">the suicide of an Oakland officer\u003c/a>, Brendan O'Brien, last September. O'Brien's death, in turn, followed \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29890918/oakland-police-sex-scandal-grows\" target=\"_blank\">the gunshot death\u003c/a> of his wife in 2014 under circumstances a coroner's report described as suspicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson, the judge overseeing a sweeping package of reforms in the Oakland Police Department arising from the Riders lawsuit, expressed dismay with the department's handling of the investigation earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a one-page order filed March 23, Henderson cited \"irregularities and possible violations\" of the settlement and said the case \"raises most serious concerns that may well impact\" the Police Department's \"ability to demonstrate their commitment to accountability.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He directed Robert Warshaw, the man he appointed to monitor the OPD's compliance with the settlement, to oversee the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the O'Brien angle to the sex case became public last month, Mayor Libby Schaaf called for an independent investigation by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office -- one that would exclude any of the DA's employees who were former Oakland cops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf appeared at a press conference with Whent on May 13 and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29890918/oakland-police-sex-scandal-grows\" target=\"_blank\">declared\u003c/a>, \"We as Oaklanders can expect to hold officers to the highest standards of conduct -- again, both while they wear a uniform and when they do not. And that is a standard that we intend to enforce in the city of Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, two officers have resigned as a result of the alleged sexual misconduct and two others remain on paid leave while the department's Internal Affairs Division investigates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the case surfaced, Whent had received consistently high marks from Warshaw, the court-appointed monitor. Violent crime has been down since Whent took command. 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She said in addition to all the life-and-death calls she handles — people reporting crimes in progress or victims who need immediate attention — she also hears from members of the public who sound like they’ve watched a little too much “CSI.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recalls the man who called in to report his car had been burglarized. He wanted the half-eaten burrito the thief had apparently left behind to be swabbed for DNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>Listen to the radio stories\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/173088406″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>No — not gonna happen, Friend says, not even if you \u003cem>could\u003c/em> run the burrito for DNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have people getting shot — like, legit calls,” Friend says. “We can’t swab the burrito.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls like that are part of a never-ending flow of phone traffic to the 911 Dispatch Center. When the year is up, Oakland will have logged more than a half-million 911 calls. 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According to the \u003ca href=\"http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=oakland&q=police+dispatcher&s=-overtime&y=2013&page=1\">Transparent California database\u003c/a>, mandatory and voluntary dispatcher overtime cost the city more than $1 million in 2013. Some Oakland dispatchers work so many overtime hours they increase their base pay by 50 percent. Experts say all those extra hours increase the risk for errors on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland could face an even bigger tab for dispatcher overtime when the 911 center starts taking wireless calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this stage Oakland is the only major city in the state that still routes all mobile phone calls through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.chp.ca.gov/find-an-office/golden-gate-division\">California Highway Patrol.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP redirects wireless calls meant for 911 centers in cities around Oakland. It also dispatches all wireless medical calls directly to the city’s Fire Department. 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He was also 195 pounds and may have looked older than 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, the officers pulled their car up less than 10 feet from the boy -- leaving little time to assess the situation. In \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/us/video-shows-cleveland-officer-shot-tamir-rice-2-seconds-after-pulling-up-next-to-him.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">a shooting captured on video\u003c/a>, Timothy Loehmann, a rookie officer, shot Tamir just 2 seconds after the patrol car pulled up. Officer Frank Garmback \u003ca href=\"http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cleveland/2014/11/26/tamir-rice-cleveland-police-radio/19547085/\" target=\"_blank\">called in\u003c/a> the shooting to dispatch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shots fired. Male down- black male- maybe 20. ...”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tamir Rice would have turned 13 years old last June. 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