Police Foundation Ushers in Chief Charlie Beck as 56th Chief of the LAPD
On December 3rd LAPD personnel, city officials, and members of the community gathered before the new LAPD Administration Building to witness the swearing in of Chief Charlie Beck.
Mayor Villaraigosa and Police Commission President John Mack sang praises for Chief Beck, highlighting the strengths of the city’s new Chief and reiterating that Charlie Beck is the right man to lead LAPD and the safety of our city into the future.
In addition to the full crowd in the plaza area, LAPD personnel lined all ten floors of the building to witness this historic event through the glass walls.
The Police Foundation helped sponsor the swearing-in ceremony as well as the dinner reception that took place later that evening at the Getty.
Chief Beck gets sworn in by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as Beck’s family proudly looks on.
With City Hall towering behind, Chief Beck addresses the crowd as the newly-sworn in 56th Chief of Police.
Executive Briefing with Chief Charlie Beck
On January 20th, the Foundation hosted an Executive Briefing with Chief Charlie Beck at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The event was an opportunity for Foundation supporters and members to meet LAPD’s new Chief of Police and to learn about his department goals for 2010.
In his presentation, Chief Beck emphasized five key target areas that included constitutional policing, continued crime reduction, the prevention of terrorist incidents, maintaining the department’s personnel force and employee wellness.
Chief Beck closed his presentation thanking Foundation supporters and members for their support of the Foundation saying that, “we could not do it without you.”
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