Louis Molina, the former head of the city’s beleaguered Department of Correction, was in the running to become the police chief for Oakland, Calif.
On Friday, he lost out to Floyd Mitchell, formerly police chief in Lubbock, Texas.
While Molina headed the city’s Department of Correction he was repeatedly slammed by a federal monitor overseeing the agency for trying to hide unfavorable statistics and violent incidents — and THE CITY’s reporting was cited in local coverage of Oakland’s search for a new top cop.
Molina remains in his recently appointed role as an assistant deputy mayor for public safety for New York City under Phil Banks.