New Orleans Police head Anne Kirkpatrick used to be the police chief of Oakland, California. She was fired and then hired in New Orleans.

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NY Post – New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick) struck two pedestrians with her vehicle on Saturday night, injuring one of them, according to the police department.

The incident happened around 7 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Decatur and Iberville streets, police said, according to Fox 8.

Both a man and a woman were struck in the incident.

The woman was transported to a hospital in stable condition, while the man did not report any injuries.

Kirkpatrick took breathalyzer and urinalysis tests.

The breathalyzer test showed no signs of alcohol consumption, returning a result of 0.00.

LA Times – A federal jury found that former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was wrongfully terminated for flagging what she thought was corruption in the police civilian oversight commission, the verdict reached more than two years after she was fired.

Thursday’s verdict arrived a week and a half after the start of the trial as reported by the Mercury News. Kirkpatrick was awarded $337,635 according to court records, which equals one year of severance pay that she would have received if she had not filed her lawsuit.

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In a statement, Kirkpatrick’s attorney James Slaughter said, “Chief Anne Kirkpatrick has been vindicated. She said all along that she was retaliated against for blowing the whistle on misconduct and a federal jury agreed

Kirkpatrick claimed she was fired in retaliation for calling attention to illegal activities taken up by the commission’s members, including interfering with the day-to-day operations on the police force, abusing and harassing police staff and seeking access to confidential documents.

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The former police chief filed her lawsuit in August 2020 after the civilian commission and Mayor Libby Schaaf fired her without cause. In her federal lawsuit, Kirkpatrick said she was fired for not honoring a commission member’s request to be reimbursed for towing fees.

SFIST – Oakland’s former police chief won a wrongful termination case two months ago, and now the Oakland City Council has approved a $1.5 million settlement for her, which includes a year’s pay.

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