Phoenix has planned to name a permanent police chief in April.
But a spokesperson for the city manager’s office is mum on whether the announcement will come now or later in the month.
Command-staff members in Mesa and Oakland, California, are among a quartet of finalists to be chief of Phoenix police.
They face two internal candidates, one of whom has been acting chief for years. He recently enacted new rules for when officers can shoot suspects or use other force.
The move drew union pushback. So did suspending officers involved in the violent arrest of a deaf man with cerebral palsy after an internal review.
The permanent chief will lead a chronically understaffed department that received blistering findings in a civil rights investigation less than a year ago.
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