Charlie Beck Quote

I think this is a department that reflects the city and reflects it not only in the makeup of the personnel — which is the most diverse department in the city by far — but also in the diversity of our thought and the recognition that policing is a very complicated social contract with the people that live in this city, and that social contract requires action on both parts.


Quoted in: Brenda Gazzar (August 9, 2014). "LAPD Chief Charlie Beck earns good reviews; tough challenges lie ahead". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved on December 5, 2014.


I think this is a department that reflects the city and reflects it not only in the makeup of the personnel — which is the most diverse department...

I think this is a department that reflects the city and reflects it not only in the makeup of the personnel — which is the most diverse department...

I think this is a department that reflects the city and reflects it not only in the makeup of the personnel — which is the most diverse department...

I think this is a department that reflects the city and reflects it not only in the makeup of the personnel — which is the most diverse department...