Judith Prieve is a reporter and editor for the Bay Area News Group who covers eastern Contra Costa County for the East Bay Times and The Mercury News. She has worked as a reporter, features editor and assistant metro editor at newspapers in Wisconsin and Northern California and has been at what is now the Bay Area News Group since 1990.
Vehicles travel on L Street in front of the Antioch Police Department in Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. ANTIOCH — Interim Antioch Police Chief Brian Addington this week acknowledged current staffing is still about a third down from what is authorized, but said they are actively recruiting and some officers are returning from administrative leave.
Over the past two years, the city has dealt with state and federal investigations into multiple officers’ alleged misconduct — including accusations of criminal conduct and racist, homophobic and sexist text messages — which has resulted in many being placed on paid administrative leave. Addington put the current number of those on leave at 17.“Sixty plus is what we really need ,” Addington said.
Commissioner Leslie May said the public needs to know they are safe as officers remain to the streets after being put on leave. Frank Sterling of Reimagine Antioch also said he was concerned about officers involved in the texting scandal returning to work. Records show nearly have of the police force either sent or received the messages, which included racist texts about the former police chief, an exchange of a “prime rib” dinner for anyone who shot the mayor with a less-lethal bullet at a protest and photos of men in hospital beds after they were injured by officers during gang unit operations.
Teki Flow, also of Reimagine Antioch, said that some residents “have faced trauma” at the hands of the Antioch Police Department. With a baby due in July, a South Bay couple searches for their first home. What could $1.5 million buy?
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