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Oakland Police Department Long Beach Police Department | native_name = | native_name_lang = en | birth_date = | death_date = | nickname = | badgenumber = | shieldnumber = | birth_name = Anthony W. Batts | birth_place = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | religion = | allegiance = | service = | serviceyears = Baltimore (2012-2015), Oakland (2009-2011) | rank = Baltimore:25px Commissioner, Oakland:25px Chief of Police, Long Beach:25px Chief of Police | awards = | memorials = | spouse = Laura Richardson (divorced) | almamater = | laterwork = | module = | url = }} Anthony W. Batts is the former Police Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, the eighth largest municipal police department in the United States. ==Career== Batts is formerly the chief of police for the Californian cities of Oakland and Long Beach. Batts worked in the Long Beach Police Department for 27 years,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LB Police Foundation plans farewell dinner for Chief Anthony Batts )〕 rising to Chief of Police in 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City of Long Beach )〕 Under Batts, homicides decreased 45% and overall crime decreased 13% in Long Beach.〔()〕 Batts has said that he was motivated to seek the Oakland Chief of Police job by the aftermath of the killing of four Oakland police officers in March, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oakland officers' killings led Batts to job )〕 After less than (1 and a half years on the job in Oakland ), to the surprise of city officials, it was revealed Batts was seeking the position of Chief in nearby San Jose California. According to an article in a 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why San Jose Spurned Ex LB Police Chief Batts )〕 Long Beach paper, Batts was turned down for that appointment due to a history involving domestic violence. On October 11, 2011, after a controversial period including dealing with Federal oversight, union and political conflicts, plus mass "Occupy" demonstrations, Chief Batts announced approximately two years since his hiring date, he was resigning from the Oakland Police Department in November. In a letter to Oakland city workers, he stated "It is with great regret that I tender this official notice of my intent to resign as chief of police for the city of Oakland."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts resigns )〕 After a brief period in a research post at Harvard, Batts became the police commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department on September 27, 2012. On July 8, 2015 Batts was fired from the Baltimore Police Department in the aftermath of a spike in homicide rates weeks after the 2015 Baltimore riots. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Batts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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