Interim police Chief Ben Fairow will be replaced by Assistant Chief Paul Figueroa after the city "received information that has caused us to reconsider Ben Fairow's ability to now lead the Oakland Police Department," according to the email from the city administrator, Sabrina Landreth. See the most-read stories this hour »------------For the record2:08 p.m.: In earlier versions of this post, Oakland Mary Libby Schaaf’s last name was misspelled as Schaaff and as Schiff. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf confirmed Fairow’s removal in a statement released just before the planned news conference. Fairow was appointed to replace Chief Sean Whent, who resigned last week. ------------“I have just received information that has caused me to lose confidence in Ben Fairow’s ability to lead the Oakland Police Department at this particular moment in time,” Schaaf wrote.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 15, 2016 20:52 UTC