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LAPD Chief Beck sits down with CBS2’s Pat Harvey at Langer’s Delicatessen to discuss current policing strategies. Above is the full-length interview.
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This is a shorter version that aired earlier.
Norm Langer was pleased to provide sponsorship to the 5th annual Rampart Golf Tournament, benefitting the Rampart Division’s many charitable and support efforts.
As thanks, Rampart Commanding Officer Brian Pratt presented Norm with this beautiful plaque, thanking him for his support. We wanted to share it with all of you.
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Watch Los Angeles broadcast media coverage of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck’s friendly wager with NYPD Commissioner William Bratton over bragging rights in the Stanley Cup Finals between the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers. If the Kings win, Bratton will treat Beck to lunch at NYC’s Katz’s Deli. If the Rangers win, Beck will treat Bratton to pastrami at Langer’s Deli.
The Huffington Post news portal has an excellent interview by Tina Daunt with new Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck. In the piece, it’s revealed that outgoing Chief William Bratton had recommended Chief Beck for elevation to the top position; that officers no longer need to wear their ties with long-sleeved shirts (except at official functions, of course); and that his favorite Langer’s sandwich is…., well, here’s the interview excerpt:
So, I heard you love Langer’s?
Yeah, I do love Langer’s.
Are you a Number 19 fan?
No. A half of a number 10 (pastrami with swiss cheese) on rye toast. Ask anybody there. They all know.
Click here to read the complete interview at The Huffington Post
Los Angeles Police Department Chief-designate Charlie Beck received a thoughtful and well-written profile in today’s Los Angeles Times, discussing his evolution as an officer across 30 years of service, and his policing philosophies that led to his recent selection by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
One section of the article focuses on Beck’s tenure as head of Rampart Division, which encompasses the area around MacArthur Park (home of Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant):
Soon after being hired as chief in 2002, William J. Bratton identified Beck, by then a captain in the department’s rough Central Division, as someone who he believed had potential.
He sent Beck to run the Rampart Division, which was still recovering from a corruption scandal, and tasked him with one of the high-profile assignments aimed at winning back some of the public’s confidence.
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Beck seized the chance. He reached out to a nascent core of local business owners and leaned on other city agencies to return the park’s lighting, sports facilities and landscaping to working order.
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“They had to own the problem,” Beck said, using a favorite catch phrase. “I told them, ‘This is our problem, we are going to fix this.’ Everyone had to be involved. And we started talking about how we were going to do it. I told them, ‘When we get done with this, we won’t make any arrests in the park.'”
Click here to read the complete story at LATimes.com
Image caption: Chief-designate Charlie Beck enjoys lunch last week at Langer’s; LA Times photo
Our friends at LAObserved.com just published this great mention of Langer’s from an interview with LAPD Chief William Bratton during his segment with Patt Morrison at KPCC:
The departing police chief rates at least one thing about Los Angeles higher than New York.
Los Angeles has better corned beef than New York, LAPD chief William Bratton told Patt Morrison today in their final segment together on KPCC. He’ll try to get Langer’s sandwiches delivered in NYC.
Click here to listen to the complete interview
Click here to visit LAObserved.com
Thank you, Chief Bratton, for all you’ve done for Los Angeles. We will miss you.