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Floyd Mitchell (born 1967 or 1968) is an American police officer who has served as chief of the Oakland Police Department since 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.
On March 27, 2024, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao introduced Floyd Mitchell as the city's newest chief of police, more than a year after the firing of former Chief LeRonne Armstrong. He took office on May 13, 2024.
The city launched an "intensive, nationwide search" for its next police chief after Floyd Mitchell stepped down from the position in September last year. Officials say they will name the ...
Lubbock's police chief has resigned. Floyd Mitchell, chief of the Lubbock Police Department since 2019, stepped down Tuesday. The reason behind his departure was not immediately clear.
The Oakland Police Department was formed in 1853 by Oakland founder and first Mayor Horace W. Carpentier.Oakland had been incorporated as a town by the state legislature in 1852, and with its rapid expansion, Carpentier felt the need to organize a city government with a police force to provide regular law enforcement.
Sharpton compared Mitchell's death to the death of George Floyd, a Black man slain in May 2020 by a white police officer in Minneapolis. Floyd's death spurred worldwide protests against racial ...
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Mitchell's family began drawing comparisons of his death to Floyd, who died in 2020 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes.