OAKLAND — When LeRonne Armstrong was tapped less than two years ago as the city’s police chief, he promised “a new day” for a department ... to turn in his badge and gun and be escorted ...

The police department in Oakland Unified was born in 1957 ... including getting rid of badges or anything that emulates the police and installing new titles, training, and redesigning the shirts ...

In an interview with KTVU on Wednesday, Harbin-Forte said she sees here removal from the Commission as a "badge of honor ... the control of the Oakland Police Department will stay in the ...

"More has been done to try to reform the Oakland Police Department than any other police ... clique of police officers bent the tips of their badges to represent fatal shootings.

Former Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong is ... Before ever putting on a badge, he played both high school and college ball. But it’s the lessons off the court he hopes will ...