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Nov 2009

Beck's style and strategy are notably different from Bratton's

The LAPD deputy chief picked to run the department says he is rooted in ties to rank-and-file officers rather than to the upper echelon, and plans to make changes from the bottom up. For a man widely seen as the disciple of just-exited...

04

Nov 2009

L.A. City Council OKs pay cuts for 800 nonunion workers

The 5% reduction starts Dec. 6 and will be in effect through June 30 for department heads, policy analysts, human resources employees and aides to council members, a memo states. Facing a $100-million budget shortfall, the Los Angeles City...

04

Nov 2009

Behind closed doors, Los Angeles police chief pick was no shoo-in

Beck looked to have the edge from the start. In fact, the opposite was true. When the Los Angeles Police Commission last week gave Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa the names of the finalists for the LAPD chief's job, it was hardly a foregone...

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Nov 2009

In Beck, Villaraigosa taps a veteran with deep ties to the LAPD

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's selection of Charlie Beck to be L.A.'s new police chief elevates a 32-year veteran who is steeped in the traditions of the LAPD but has also won praise from civil rights activists for reforming the department...