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March 12, 2013
Los Angeles' Filthy, Fecal-Laden, Sickness-Inducing Beaches: Who Should Pay to Treat the Rain Runoff from Oily, Dog-Poop Streets?
By Matthew Mullins and Jill Stewart Update: The Board of Supervisors rejected the Clean Water, Clean Beaches plan today in a big upset, thanks to what many say was exceedingly poor outreach on the massive tax plan to pay for it. See next page for details. Hundreds of angry people today demanded th ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2012
Cindy Beck, Wife of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, Allegedly Stalked By Veronica Roberts
A crazy lady has allegedly been stalking the wife of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. The suspect called her and said, "I'm going to ... kill you," according to a restraining order filed against the woman yesterday. The department had nothing to say. The suspect was named as Veronica Roberts, a 43-year-o ... More >>
News
December 6, 2012
L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic
The city ignores a crisis of car-as-weapon crime in the streets
Blogs
December 4, 2012
Ka Pasasouk: Four Suspects Arrested in Northridge Quadruple Homicide
Updated with new details at the bottom. Spelling of suspects' names has been fixed; the headline has been updated to include the ID of the homicide suspect. First posted at 4:10 p.m. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck announced that suspects have been arrested in connection with the horrific weekend murder of ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2012
Giovanni Ramirez Sues LAPD Chief Beck for Implicating Him in Dodger Beating
A sheepish apology from LAPD Chief Charlie Beck isn't good enough for former Dodger beating suspect Giovanni Ramirez, who was dramatically arrested in May 2011 for allegedly bashing in Giants fan Bryan Stow's head on Opening Day. As we found two months later, Ramirez wasn't the guy who did it. The ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2012
Rape Is on the Rise in Los Angeles County
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck held their biannual crime-stats press conference today in typical feel-good fashion: They were proud to announce that for the first half of 2012, violent crimes were down 8.8 percent from last year. But the same cannot be said for reported ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Twitter Parties Are The Rage With Teens, LAPD Chief Beck Warns
Concerned, apparently, by last weekend's Project X-style house party in Holmby Hills, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck expressed concern about teenage "Twitter parties." That's right, in the gang capital of the nation, where serial killing is sport, the big crime problem is teens' raging in unoccupied homes ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2012
LAPD Chief Wants to Give Special Driver's Licenses to Illegal Immigrants
Getty ImagesChief Beck, mayor's pet.Get mad, Arizona nation: LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, known to side loyally with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on all politics Latino, says he has a pretty great solution to the illegal-immigrant impound debate. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, t ... More >>
News
November 17, 2011
The Zen of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck
Police top gun ignores pot smoking, finds his inner haiku at Occupy L.A.
Blogs
November 16, 2011
Occupy L.A. Has 'no Plans to Leave' City Hall Lawn Despite LAPD Chief Beck's Claim That an Exit Timeline is Being Hammered Out
Ed CarrascoOccupy L.A. at City Hall.Despite a widely echoed report in the Los Angeles Times stating that LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has been hammering out a timeline with Occupy L.A. leaders for the movement's decampment from the City Hall lawn, organizers said today that they're not going anywh ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Giovanni Ramirez's Situation 'Deeply Regrettable' For LAPD Chief Beck, He Says
Beck and Mayor Villaraigosa.LAPD Chief Charlie Beck over the weekend said Giovanni Ramirez's erroneous exposure as the main suspect in the opening day beating of San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium was "deeply regrettable." But more than anything, Beck, in a Los Angeles Times opinion ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
LAPD Could Disband SWAT, Narcotics, Gang Teams if Deal With Police Union isn't Reached, Chief Charlie Beck Says
UCLALAPD SWAT team members.Updated at the bottom with the police union's unhappy response. The LAPD SWAT team, gang cops and narcotics teams could be disbanded as a result of money problems in the city of L.A. unless the police union makes concessions, department Chief Charlie Beck announced ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2011
L.A. City Council Claims to Have Solved Budget Shortfall -- But Their $7B 'Plan' Tiptoes Around Unions, Makes No Real Plans at All
Council Prez. Eric Garcetti: game face.This morning, the LA Daily News and Daily Breeze throw around the word "realistic" in their wire-service headlines on the City Council's 2011-12 budget, approved last night. How horribly misleading. The piece begins with an eerie quote from City Council ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2011
LAPD Traffic Ticket Quotas Don't Exist, Chief Beck Says: He Vows to Challenge Victorious Suit by Cops Who Said They Had to Write Citations
fire monkey fishAre LAPD traffic cops faced with productivity pressures -- or quotas?If we told you LAPD traffic cops had a quota system when handing out tickets, would you be surprised? Us neither. Seems Chief Charlie Beck is. After a jury awareded $2 million to a pair of traffic cops who ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2011
LAPD Chief Says Jeffrey Stenroos, L.A. School Officer 'Shot in Chest' at El Camino High, Was Lying [UPDATED WITH PHOTO]
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who announced tonight that the officer-involved shooting may have been a farseUpdated after the jump with a PHOTO of Jeffrey Stenroos, who has admitted to shooting himself in the chest. Update: Word on the street is Stenroos probably shot himself. He's out of jail af ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2011
Jeff Stenroos Lied, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Says: Entire Shooting at El Camino High School Was Fake, Manhunt Cancelled
LAUSD's finest -- campus cops -- eff things up again.Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck tonight accused LAUSD campus cop Jeff Stenroos of staging his own shooting shooting himself near El Camino Real High School last week, creating a fake story about a gunman shooting him -- and setting of ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2010
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Defends Red-Light Cameras, Despite $2.6 Million City Loss In Unpaid Tickets
We'd like to see Beck's red-light mug shotThis just in: One brave soul has finally come forward and admitted he likes the infamous red-light camera tickets of Los Angeles! LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, otherwise a pretty popular guy, has one very unpopular opinion to share with the city: He think ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
After U.S. Puts Heat On Department Over Racial Profiling, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Sings A Little 'Kumbaya'
LAPD Chief Beck marks his first year.A week after news emerged that the U.S. Department of Justice stated the LAPD might not be over its racial-profiling past, Chief Charlie Beck said improving "racial harmony" and "constitutional policing" are top concerns as he starts his second year as L.A ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2010
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Celebrates One Year On The Job: He Endured A Lot, From Cops Caught On Tape To The Lakers Riots
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is still standing tall.Charlie Beck's first year as top cop at the LAPD has been trial by fire, to say the least. He was dropped into the gig by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the bottom of the nation's second-worst economy in history, and in the wake of one ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
A Second Night Of Unrest Near Downtown As LAPD Chief Beck Promises Thorough Investigation Of Shooting Of Manuel Jamines
TwitpicA second night of unrest erupted Tuesday in a small section of the Westlake district as residents angry over a fatal officer-involved shooting over the weekend took to the streets, lit fires, and tossed debris at officers from turn-of-the-century walk-up apartments in the immigrant nei ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Protesters Gather Outside LAPD Station To Decry Police Shooting Of Man With A Knife In Westlake
Google MapsUpdated with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's comments, after the jump. Originally posted at 1:13 p.m. Monday. Read about the L.A. police union's response to the protests here. Four people were arrested and three officers sustained minor injuries from thrown rocks and bottles after poli ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2010
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Reminds Officers To Behave, Indicates Some Have Failed Internal Stings
In a strange announcement to his rank-and-file, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck this week basically reminded his officers to behave. We're not sure if there's a morale problem at the Los Angeles Police Department, but it's true that a few cops have been in the news lately for more tha ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
'EDC' Rave Arrests Were Mostly For Drug Sales, Says LAPD Chief Beck
View photos from the mega-rave in the "Electric Daisy Carnival: 60 Most Memorable Moments" slideshow and "Electric Daisy Carnival: The greatest show on earth?" slideshow. Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck this week told the Police Commission that 60 people were arrested during last week ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2010
LAPD Chief Beck Says He'll Pay For Oscar Tickets Out Of Own Pocket
In an apparent bid to sidestep the kind of controversy that has dogged Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's acceptance of tens of thousands of dollars worth of sports and entertainment tickets, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck says he's going to pay for tickets to the Academy Awards ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Accepted Free Tickets To Oscars
The Enterprise Report states that Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck received free tickets to the Academy Awards, attended with a guest and met up there with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who's now the focus of three inquiries into his acceptance of valuable tix to such events. Los Angeles ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
LAPD Chief Beck Victorious After Lakers Unrest Quashed
So more than 40 people were arrested following the Lakers championship victory over the Boston Celtics Thursday. A taxi was set ablaze. A Lamborghini was violated. A few people got beat up. A bicyclist was hit by a police cruiser. A few law enforcement officers were hurt by debris thrown at t ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
Here's Your LA Weekly Lakers Riot Survival Guide
anarchosyn via FlickrSo you're headed downtown, even though Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police Chief Charlie Beck told you not to come to the Staples Center area unless you have tickets to tonight's game? You're brave. As longtime observers of the Los Angeles Police Department, ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2010
Villaraigosa 'Disappointed' By LAPD Clash With Bicyclists
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week said he was disturbed and disappointed after viewing video of an apparent clash between police and bike riders in Hollywood May 28 in which an officer threw a kick toward a bicylist and two or three other cops allegedly went after the videograp ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
LAPD Enlists You In Counter-Terrorism Effort
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.On Thursday Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck were scheduled to roll out the L.A. version of national anti-terror program iWATCH, which encourages neighbors to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. The program, billed as the "21 ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
LAPD And Boston Police Leaders Bet On Lakers-Celtics Game
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.The top cops of the Los Angeles and Boston police departments are betting their pride against the best-of-seven NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Charlie Beck and Boston Police Commissi ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
LAPD Chief Beck Decries Arizona's Immigration Law
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck joined top cops from around the nation in Washington, D.C. Wednesday to decry Arizona's controversial immigration law as a hindrance to law enforcement. Beck aired his opionion to Attorney General Eric Holder, who is still considering whether t ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2010
LAPD Calls Out TV Reporter For Ambush Interview Of Assistant Chief
In a rare public rebuke of a media outlet, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck called out CBS2/KCAL 9 news and its investigative reporter, David Goldstein, for "ambushing" a department assistant chief during an event called "LAPD Recognition Day."
Blogs
February 16, 2010
LAPD Chief Beck Says City Budget Woes Already Mean Less Police
Chief Beck.Speaking to CNN, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said the city's budget woes and a related 10 percent decrease in the LAPD budget have already translated to less police on the mean streets of L.A. "We already have reduced funding for the police department," he said. "We had ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
Mayor Villaraigosa Asks What Cuts You Would Make To Heal The City Budget
Do you have the guts to pull the trigger on 1,000 layoffs, putting good workers and their families in financial peril? Taking a page from the book of ain't-so-easy-if-you-try-it-yourself, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday unveiled a website where residents can weight in with their suggest ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
Gunman Robs Dispensary Employee, But Pot Shops Are Safe Places (Right?)
LAPDOne of City Hall's quandaries as it considered a law to limit the number and scope of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles was the fact that these places have been, at times, crime magnets. Eying their green bud and green cash, gunman have hit several dispensaries in the three ye ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2010
LAPD Chief Beck Flip-Flops On Pot Shops
With the City Council poised to vote on a medical marijuana ordinance, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck has drastically changed his line on how much crime medical marijuana shops causing crime in L.A. Why? We don't know. But in an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News over ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Are Gang Members In L.A. Getting Too Old To Bang?
Chief Charlie Beck.Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was asked if one of the reasons gang crime was low in the city because gang members are getting too old to get down. He didn't think so, telling a town-hall gathering of listeners of KPCC (89.3 FM) that "gang membership is not down -- ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2009
LAPD Chief Urges State Attorney General To Appeal Ruling On Felons With Body Armor
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck has joined the chorus of law enforcement officials urging California Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal to the state Supreme Court a ruling that overturns a ban on body armor for violent ex-felons. In a letter this week to Bro ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
LAPD Chief Breaking Up Effective Enforcement Unit
Chief Charlie Beck.In his announcement this week that he would put 130 officers back on regular patrols, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck failed to emphasize that the move would break up an effective, mobile, crime-saturation unit that has been used to target gangs and problem areas in t ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2009
Continued Decline For L.A. Crime According To Latest FBI Stats
It could be a blessing or a curse for new Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck: Rates for major crimes in Los Angeles continued to dip in 2009. With continuing joblessness, a city struggling to find money to hire officers, and a looming release of 40,000 state prisoners, the only direction f ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2009
Chief Charlie Beck Putting Desk-Jockey Cops Back On The Streets
LAPDChief Charlie Beck.New Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck is rising to the challenge of fighting crime in lean times by reassigning 130 officers from desk duty to street patrols. Beck told the Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday that the move would be a first wave in a larger effort ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
LAPD Chief Lobbies For Gang Intervention
Chief Charlie Beck.New Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck appeared before a City Council committee Monday to lobby for cash to fund gang intervention, which he has painted as a key element in dealing with a flood of inmates set to be released by the state of California. Beck has said that ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2009
New Chief Banishes Rivals To Siberia (Just Joking -- He Remixes The Brass And Gives One Challenger A Promotion)
Chief Charlie Beck.New Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck took less than a week as the city's top cop to rearrange his command staff. While you might rightfully have a sharp eye on what he plans to do with his fellow challengers for chief, Deputy Chief Michel Moore and Assistant Chi ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2009
Charlie Beck Confirmed As LAPD Police Chief
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Charlie Beck as the 55th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.A lifelong cop, Beck was the top choice of former Chief William Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Some critics believe that his selection was made too rapidly, without enoug ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2009
Did New Chief Cover Up Skimming Of Taxpayer Funds?
Presumptive Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was once accused of attempting to cover up a taxpayer-fueled treasure chest of millions of dollars that was allegedly amassed at the Los Angeles Police Relief Association while he was president of the group.Chief Charlie Beck. The claim was l ... More >>
Articles
November 12, 2009
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's Poodle/Political Problem
Presumptive Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was once accused of attempting to cover up a taxpayer-fueled treasure chest of millions of dollars that was allegedly amassed at the Los Angeles Police Relief Association while he was president of the group.Chief Charlie Beck. The claim was l ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2009
Did Beck Jump The Queue For Chief?
Longtime San Fernando Valley observer and former Los Angeles Daily News editor Ron Kaye has found the recent process of choosing the new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department to be fishy, and he recently told us so. But this week he blogs that presumptive Chief Charlie Beck was shoehorned into ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2009
Villaraigosa Chooses Beck as Next L.A. Police Chief
Charlie Beck will be Los Angeles' next police chief. The mayor is expected to announce his choice at a press conference at 11 a.m. this morning at the Getty House in Hancock Park. Charlie Beck Beck headed the LAPD's Detective Bureau and oversaw the testing of thousands of untested rape kits ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2009
Three Finalists For LAPD Police Chief Named
Charlie BeckThe three finalists for police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department are Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell, Deputy Chief Charlie Beck and Deputy Chief Michel Moore. The three finalists were chosen unanimously by the police commission after a three-and-a-half hour closed-door m ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2008
LAPD Asks for Public’s Help in Solving Grim Sleeper Murders
Los Angeles Police Department detectives held a press conference today asking for the public’s help in finding a serial killer believed to be responsible for at least 11 murders in South Los Angeles over a 23-year span. Dubbed the Grim Sleeper by the LA Weekly, which broke the news that he is sti ... More >>
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