Ex Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong throws hat into ring for at-large council seat

by Dan McMenamin, Bay City News May 22, 2024May 22, 2024

Former Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong announced May 22, 2024, that he will run for the at-large City Council seat currently held by Rebecca Kaplan. (Photo courtesy of the Oakland Police Department)

Former Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong announced Wednesday his plans to run for a City Council seat in November.

Armstrong, who Mayor Sheng Thao fired in February 2023 after a 30-day suspension that followed an outside investigation into alleged misconduct in the Police Department, sued the city for wrongful termination earlier this year.

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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.

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