UPDATE: Mayor Thao and Oakland city administrator confirm Chief Armstrong placed on paid admin leave. Effective immediately, Assistant Chief Darren Allison will serve as active oaklandpoliceca chief:
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong didn't immediately comment on the news. Further details of his leave were not immediately known.
"Most disturbingly," the report authors wrote, "some of the deficits appear to stem from a failure of leadership and a lack of commitment to hold members of the Oakland Police Department accountable for violations of its own rules." The report was made public in U.S. District Court in relation to the ongoing federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department, now in its 20th year.
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