Authorities in Oakland moved to fire four police officers in the city and suspended seven others after a sprawling sexual misconduct investigation found that some had attempted sexual assault and aided prostitution, according to office of Mayor Libby Schaaf.
(WashingtonPost)- The high-profile investigation focused on allegations involving police officers and a woman who has identified herself as a sex worker and said she was underage when she had sex with some officers.
“I am deeply sorry for the harm that this scandal has caused, particularly to community trust, which for many was already so tenuous,” Schaaf (D) said at a news conference Wednesday night.
Schaaf’s announcement does not mark an end to the scandal, which is also the subject of a criminal probe and exploded into public view at a time of intense scrutiny of law enforcement nationwide.
Oakland sent notices of intent to fire four police officers, Schaaf said. She said that the probe found that in addition to attempted sexual assault, some of these officers went into law enforcement databases for personal reasons, helped people evade arrest for prostitution, lied to investigators and failed to report allegations of sexual contact between a minor and an Oakland police officer.
Schaaf did not name the officers, saying that she was not allowed to identify them under state law. It was not immediately clear if any of them had attorneys.