New Oakland police Chief Floyd Mitchell gets a hug from Mayor Sheng Thao after he spoke at City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao formally introduced Floyd Mitchell as Oakland's new police chief on Wednesday during a live news conference. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Oakland’s new police chief is officially taking over the Oakland Police Department. This comes more than a year after the firing of LeRonne Armstrong and at a time ...

Mitchell resigned from the Lubbock Police Department in September 2023, after criticism of the department’s 911 dispatch. More than 30,000 911 calls went unanswered in 2022. Lubbock Police Chief Floyd ...

Oakland has a new permanent police chief, after more than a year since the last one was fired. Mayor Sheng Thao on Friday announced in a news release and video the hiring of Floyd Mitchell as the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- After a year of no one in the role, Oakland finally has a new police chief who started work this week. Chief Floyd Mitchell spent Monday morning introducing himself.

Raw Video: New Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell gives opening remarks 07:37 "Having served in this profession for most of my adult life, I fully understand the challenges that you face on a ...

Floyd Mitchell has been appointed as Oakland's new police chief, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced in a statement Friday. Mitchell served as the police chief in Lubbock, Texas from 2019 to 2023.

The Oakland Police Department is also overseen by a federal monitor who will remain in place until a series of reforms are implemented and upheld. Mitchell, an Air Force veteran, led the Lubbock ...