Civilian Commission? I like it! -Oakland's first female police chief canned by civilian commission Oakland's first female police chief was unceremoniously ousted Thursday night by a commission made up of a group of civilians. The move caps off a contentious three-year battle between Anne Kirkpatrick and the city she was hired to protect. The Oakland Police Commission's unanimous vote to fire Kirkpatrick was supported by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who appointed Kirkpatrick to the position in 2017. Commission chairwoman Regina Jackson said the decision to dismiss Kirkpatrick stems from "the Oakland Police Department's failure to increase compliance with the court-ordered reforms" required under a federal settlement more than a decade ago. "The Commission demands a leader who will diversify and grow the Department to the level of respect that our officers and community deserve," she said in a statement. The Oakland Police Commission was created by a voter-approved ballot initiative in 2016 that was aimed at building a better relationship between residents and police officers. Oakland's police force has been under federal court supervision since a 2003 settlement of a civil rights lawsuit that accused officers of planting evidence and beating up suspects. Kirkpatrick took over the troubled department in January 2017 amid allegations that a group of officers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area were having sex with the teenage daughter of an Oakland dispatcher. During that time, there were also allegations that Oakland cops had exchanged racist text messages and emails. Kirkpatrick has also been at odds with the department's federal monitor over the discipline she handed out to officers who shot and killed a homeless man in 2018. https://www.foxnews.com/us/oaklands-first-female-police-chief-canned-by-civilian-commission