A new era: Here’s a look at new Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell’s 1st day on the job

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) —It’s the first day for the new Oakland police chief. Only two news photographers were allowed in and the media was not able to ask questions.

Video showed Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell walking around the police station and shaking hands with members of the department.

Back in March, when his hiring was first announced, he said in his first hundred days in office he plans to meet with key community stake holders city staff and the police department.

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Mitchell comes to Oakland at a time when the city finds itself with many concerns over public safety.

Recent data from the city shows overall crime is falling in Oakland through the start of this year. But one type of crime – robberies – is shown to be worsening.

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In March, he said his plans include sitting down with the federal monitor to craft a strategy to get OPD out from under federal oversight. And working with the community.

Key to his agenda are what he called data-driven, proactive policing and high visibility.

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On Monday, he walked up to a standing desk and looked at something in a computer.

“Really what I’m doing right now is … it got presented with the daily crime report… I’m going over that, preparing myself for the meeting that we are going to have in a little bit to go over the crime report for the past week,” said Chief Floyd Mitchell.

“I’m jotting down some questions that I have so I’m up to speed … how they report their crime… what’s the time frame that they are reporting and really what’s the lag time because that’s what’s really important because sometimes it will say one thing, but I want to go what the lag time and go from there.”

Mitchell walked out of his office with his suit on.

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As far as his background.. he most recently served as Police Chief in Lubbock, Texas. Before that, he was Chief in Temple, Texas and a patrol officer in Kansas City.

Community leaders ABC7 talked to say they are hopeful the city can move forward under his leadership.

Officials told ABC7 he will be doing one on one interviews with reporters in the coming weeks.

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