Overview
- Peak, a CVPD veteran since 1999, was appointed acting chief effective immediately to oversee department operations.
- City officials approved Chief Roxana Kennedy’s extended medical leave, which she says is not administrative leave and does not indicate plans to retire.
- Kennedy and her attorney allege some city leaders are trying to remove her, including claims of a race-based replacement plan, which the city has denied.
- Her attorney describes the December 2025 union party incident as a dance-off where an off-duty officer removed his shirt and Kennedy placed $1 bills into his front pockets without other contact.
- Mayor John McCann and the police union’s board have expressed support for Kennedy, and her attorney sent a preservation letter instructing the city to retain related records.