An attorney representing Antioch’s police union is criticizing the city’s mayor for holding a news conference regarding the placing of several officers on administrative leave due to policy violations.

Mayor Lamar Thorpe held the briefing Thursday to announce the actions against officers following an internal investigation. The announcement comes as Antioch police have also been subject to a probe by the FBI and Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office into possible civil rights violations and other crimes.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.