Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren (Adrian Kraus/AP)

Top police leaders in New York’s third-largest city are retiring amid criticism of the city’s handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, the mayor of Rochester said.

La’Ron Singletary, the city’s police chief, is among those retiring, as is Deputy Chief Joseph M Morabito – and possibly other senior commanders, Mayor Lovely Warren said.