"On Monday, City Council President Kevin Jenkins removed Rickisha Herron from the Police Commission Selection Panel, the board that picks four of the seven members of the city's powerful Police Commission. Herron's dismissal comes two months before her five-year term was set to expire. Herron received an email on Feb. 2 from Meisha McGlothen, the district director for Jenkins' office, informing her that she was being replaced."
"Jenkins told The Oaklandside that Sandy Bethune, a longtime Oakland resident, is the new District 6 appointee. City records show Bethune had applied to serve on the Police Commission two years ago. Jenkins said he picked Bethune because she "brings independence, sound judgment, and a clear understanding of the responsibility that comes with serving on the Police Commission Selection Panel." In an interview with The Oaklandside, Herron said the email took her by surprise. "There was no previous consultation or conversation with me about this occurring," she said."
"Herron, who led the selection panel, said she interprets her dismissal as retaliation for asking the City Council repeatedly to reappoint two incumbents to the Police Commission, the city's civilian police oversight body. The selection panel in recent months has twice nominated Police Commission Chair Ricardo Garcia-Acosta and Alternate Commissioner Omar Farmer to renew their terms, which expired in October. But both times, the council declined to reappoint the two commissioners."
City Council President Kevin Jenkins removed Rickisha Herron from the Police Commission Selection Panel two months before her five-year term was set to expire. Herron received an email on Feb. 2 from Meisha McGlothen informing her that District 6 had identified a replacement who would begin on Feb. 3. Jenkins appointed Sandy Bethune, a longtime Oakland resident who had previously applied to the Police Commission. Herron said the dismissal surprised her and characterized it as retaliation for her repeated requests that the City Council reappoint two incumbent Police Commissioners. The selection panel had twice nominated Chair Ricardo Garcia-Acosta and Alternate Commissioner Omar Farmer, but the council declined to reappoint them.
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