The Oakland Police Commission is set to select a search firm to find a new police chief, two weeks after the mayor criticized the commissioners on not being able to agree on a consultant and amid calls for two of the commissioners to resign immediately.
for not being able to come to a consensus to select a firm to begin the search, and several in the community cited the commission's dysfunction as a key reason why.
The Byers Group estimated it would take at least five months to undergo a full search process for a new chief once they are hired. Meanwhile, there have been calls from a growing number of community members, including some on the City Council, for Oakland Police Commission Chair Tyfahra Milele and Commissioner Brenda Harbin-Forte to be removed from the commission, including a rally Tuesday in front of City Hall demanding just that.
Jackson used to chair the commission for three years and has publicly shown disdain regarding the recent actions of Milele and Harbin-Forte.after KTVU ran a story about the comission's issues, claiming inaccurately that the story was full of false accusations and decrying her critics as "politically ambitious zealots.
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