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Floyd Mitchell | |
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| Chief of the Oakland Police Department | |
| Assuming office May 2024 | |
| Succeeding | LeRonne Armstrong (2023) |
| Chief of the Lubbock Police Department | |
| In office 2019 – September 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 or 1968 (age 56–57) Kansas City, Missouri |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Air Force |
| Police career | |
| Department |
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Floyd Mitchell (born 1967 or 1968) is an American police officer who is chief-designee of the Oakland Police Department. He is expected to become chief in May 2024. He previously served as chief of the Lubbock Police Department from 2019 to 2023, as well as chief of the Temple, Texas, police department.
Early life[edit]
Mitchell was born 1967 or 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri, to a blue-collar family.[1]
Career[edit]
A United States Air Force veteran, Mitchell began his police career with the Kansas City Police Department, serving 25 years with the department, before leaving the department, being appointed as the chief of the Temple, Texas, police department. He was then appointed as chief of the Lubbock Police Department in 2019, the first African-American chief of that department. He resigned as chief in September 2023, having served four years with the department. While chief of the respective departments, crime rates and police response times were reported to have reduced in both, however, in Lubbock, issues arose over the city's 911 system, where the number of "abandoned" calls, calls which were ended before being answered, doubled. He later admitted that he had been too focused on the dispatch time of answered calls and that he had learned from his previous mistakes.[1][2]
On March 22, 2024, over a year after the firing of previous chief LeRonne Armstrong and a sharp increase in crime in 2023, Mayor of Oakland Sheng Thao announced the appointment of Mitchell, who she described as "a strong leader and a smart crimefighter who delivers results," as chief of the Oakland Police Department, a position he is expected to enter in May 2024. As chief, Mitchell announced his intent to go on a "listening tour", where he spoke with officers, officials, and community members. He also said one of his goals was to remove the department from a two-decade-long federal oversight following a police brutality incident by instituting reforms.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Rosenburg, Eli; Hernandez, David (March 22, 2024). "Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao names Floyd Mitchell new police chief after year-long search". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Barnard, Cornell (March 23, 2024). "Officials, advocates give advice to incoming new OPD chief: 'Gotta be Oakland tough'". KGO-TV. Retrieved March 25, 2024.