FILE - Oakland, Calif., Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick stands before a baseball game in San Francisco on July 25, 2017. Kirkpatrick, a former San Francisco Bay Area police chief fired two years earlier over whistleblower allegations, will receive $1.5 million to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit she won in federal court in May 2022. The Oakland City Council on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, approved the payout to Kirkpatrick, which includes a year's salary and legal costs. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)