By Philip Rosenbaum
(CNN) — Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck was sworn in for a five-year term in November, succeeding native New Yorker William Bratton, who retired to take a job in the private sector.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, who was sworn in for a five-year term in November, sees tough and interesting times ahead for the LAPD.
Beck, who joined the LAPD in 1977, faces a large budget shortfall amid California’s fiscal crisis and the challenge to keep the city’s lower crime rates in place and build on the trend. He has said one way to do that is to take on the formidable task of cutting gang violence. As Beck settles into the job, he is sharing his philosophies and views on policing with CNN.
PHILIP ROSENBAUM 