The girl overseeing the New Orleans Police Division’s response to an assault early Wednesday morning that left at the very least 15 folks lifeless on town’s famend Bourbon Road is a widely known face within the East Bay.
Anne Kirkpatrick, who took over as New Orleans’ superintendent of police in fall 2023, beforehand served as Oakland’s police chief for 3 years starting in February 2017.
Kirkpatrick’s tenure within the metropolis resulted in controversy after she was initially fired with out trigger in February 2020 by the Oakland Police Fee and former Mayor Libby Schaaf. The transfer led Kirkpatrick to file a lawsuit claiming, partially, that she was wrongfully terminated as retaliation for blowing the whistle on some fee members’ alleged conduct.
In June 2022, Kirkpatrick reached a $1.5 million settlement with town, which didn’t admit any legal responsibility or wrongdoing.
The Oakland Police Division is presently led by Chief Floyd Mitchell, who took over in Might. He’s at the very least the twelfth individual since 2009 to guide the Oakland Police Division, with Kirkpatrick being among the many longest-tenured chiefs throughout that point.
Initially Revealed: January 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM PST
