The embattled police chief of the Oakland Unified School District announced his retirement Wednesday amid an investigation surrounding a complaint that he allegedly used racial slurs against a black officer.
Pete Sarna, 41, told district officials he was stepping down, district spokesman Troy Flint confirmed, meaning the investigation into the incident is now closed.
Sarna’s attorney told the San Francisco Chronicle that her client, a veteran of the Oakland Police Department and the state Department of Justice, also was retiring from law enforcement.
The district placed Sarna on administrative leave as it investigated a complaint filed by an officer after a July 18 charity golf tournament at Oakland’s Sequoyah County Club.
Sarna, who is white, allegedly used racial slurs in front of two sergeants -- one of whom is black -- and a police driver, the Chronicle reported, allegedly telling the black sergeant: "The only good [expletive] is a dead [expletive] and they should hang you in the town square to prevent any other [expletive] from coming in the area."
The second sergeant, who is white, filed a complaint against the chief.
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