"Fremont spokesperson Geneva Bosques told KTVU that after a "nationwide executive search, the City has selected Mr. Floyd Mitchell to be Fremont's next Police Chief." She added that "Mr. Mitchell brings extensive experience and expertise in law enforcement to this role." Rather amusingly, Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan seems to have learned of Mitchell's hiring only when KTVU asked him about it."
"KTVU says that Sawlan at first did not know that Mitchell had been chosen, though explained that in Fremont, that decision falls on the City Manager. But one can see why Mitchell might prefer the Fremont gig to Oakland. Per KTVU, both positions pay roughly the same $370,000 annual salary. And also per KTVU, Fremont has no federal oversight, no civilian police commission that can hire or fire a chief, and a much lower crime rate."
Floyd Mitchell resigned his Oakland police chief post in October after serving roughly 17 months. Oakland had gone more than a year without a permanent police chief before Mitchell's hire. Mitchell accepted the Fremont police chief position, filling a role that had been effectively vacant while an interim chief served for more than four years. Fremont conducted a nationwide executive search and selected Mitchell, with a spokesperson citing his extensive law enforcement experience. Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan seems to have learned of the hire only when asked, while final appointment authority rests with the City Manager. Both chief positions pay about $370,000 annually, and Fremont lacks federal oversight and a civilian police commission and has a much lower crime rate.
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