That's a surprise. I figured he would be a black man.
Posted on 11/03/2009 2:40:41 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A 32-year veteran who helped clean up a corruption-plagued division of the Los Angeles Police Department was unveiled Wednesday as the city's new top cop.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the appointment of deputy chief Charlie Beck as head of the LAPD following the decision of chief William Bratton to resign earlier this year.
Villaraigosa said Beck was "the right man to lead the Los Angeles Police Department at the right time."
"He's a man of character and integrity. He's a police officer who is tough on crime, and he's a leader with deep respect and understanding of the police officers under his command ... " Villaraigosa told a news conference.
Beck, 56, is best known for helping to reshape the LAPD's notorious Rampart Division after a wide-ranging corruption scandal during the late 1990s which involved dozens of officers.
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Lots of new police chiefs out here of late.
Because of terms limits, they have no incentive to stick around much past the first term - by then, they’re already looking for another job.
I hearing John and Ken goofing on Tony Villar right now
That's a surprise. I figured he would be a black man.
RoBoCop declined the position. He doesn’t like the paperwork.
Good ol Tony.. yeah, we don’t get to kick him around much these days,, who knows. he may get a shot at part of the 2010 ticket yet... for the GoP with abel Maldonado ;-)
The dummy. Hasn't he heard of secretaries? They handle all the paperwork.
heck, a good candidate can pull in a nice 6 figure income, a few approaching a quarter million a year with all the bennies.. not bad.
heck, they do everything online these days.. .. and some things they shouldn’t be doing too..
A white guy too!
I don’t know maybe not 2010 but maybe in the future we going had Tony Villar future kick around more when he dump Lu Parker when he tired of her
And I thought sure it would be a woman.
For some reason, his pic reminds me of Adam Sutler in "V for Vendetta."
Not too many blacks left in the LA area...
Mostly whites/Hispanics and asians left in LA nowadays...Most blacks couldn't hack it, too expensive....many others were edged out of the job market by Mexicans/Hispanics that didn't mind actually working....Most of the blacks headed out to the inland empire, San Berdo, Riverside, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio where they're finding all the dead bodies around that guys house in Cleveland.
Bratton is a northeastern liberal whose largest concern was always being politically correct. The LA Sheriff, Lee Baca, isn't much better. He trained our newly minted Orange County Sheriff, Sanda Hutchens, who turned out to be another gun grabbing liberal two seconds after she was sworn in, rescinding a bunch of concealed carry permits using the thinnest of justification. She is widely despised by conservatives and everyone else who believes in the Second Amendment. We are going to do everything we possibly can to replace her.
Like he was hidden under a cloth or something waiting for the previous guy to leave?????
Waddy talking about?
Crime rates in LA under Bratton dropped dramatically...And were dropping before he ever got into office.
Crime rates in LA, for the most part, are way lower than major cities in most other states. Let me know if ya wanna see the stats.
Surprise they did not dredge up an unqualified Minority for this post in keeping with the Democrat standards being currently set forth.
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