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Like a bad novel': Oakland police lose second chief in a week amid sex scandal
Removal of interim police chief, six days after former chief’s resignation, deepens crisis at department where officers are accused of exploiting a teenage sex worker
The city of Oakland, California, has lost its second police chief in less than a week amid a huge misconduct scandal that appears to involve more than a dozen cops and allegations of statutory rape by multiple officers.
Oakland’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, announced the “immediate removal” of Ben Fairow as interim police chief on Wednesday – just six days after she appointed him as the replacement of chief Sean Whent, who himself abruptly left the embattled department during a growing controversy surrounding the alleged sexual exploitation of a minor.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/15/oakland-interim-police-chief-removed-sexual-misconduct-investigation
