An officer with the Chicago Police Department reportedly exchanged gunfire with an unknown individual in the city's Forest Glen neighborhood over the weekend.
"To release somebody that is suspected and charged with attempted murder on a police officer for a low amount of bail is outrageous," Beck said.
Rumors swirling across Chicago say retired Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck is the top contender to be the interim police superintendent as the city conducts a national search for the position.
The City Council voted unanimously to confirm Michel Moore, 57, to lead the Los Angeles Police Department.
Several themes emerge as I look back on my own small piece of that history. They are things that I wish I understood better when I was younger on the job. They are also things that I hope those who come after me can find of some service as they continue the work that I am leaving behind.
Robert Arcos would be the first Latino police chief of the city. Bill Scott, who left the LAPD to lead the troubled San Francisco Police Department, is African American. Michel Moore, whose father was a Basque immigrant, was already in the top echelons of the LAPD when the other two candidates were appointed to their first station commands.
The Los Angeles police commission has pared down its list of nominees. According to the Los Angeles Times, they are Robert Arcos, Michel Moore, and Bill Scott.
The race to replace Chief Charlie Beck as head of the Los Angeles Police Department has come down to three finalists. More Here.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck forcefully denied Tuesday that his department had falsified violent crime statistics and dismissed the allegation by a captain that the LAPD misled the public as "not only untrue, but outrageous."
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck forcefully denied Tuesday that his department had falsified violent crime statistics and dismissed the allegation by a captain that the LAPD misled the public as "not only untrue, but outrageous." More Here.