BRATTON TAPS IRVINE CHIEF FOR POSITION ON L.A. FORCE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Chief William Bratton has tapped Irvine Police Chief Michael Berkow as his new deputy, with initial responsibility for Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to:
Berkow, 47, will become the first high-ranking sworn officer other than the chief to come from outside the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . Berkow spent 19 months as Irvine's police chief. ``LAPD is a truly rare department, with not only a national but international reputation. I am humbled to be offered this job,'' Berkow said. LAPD Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell, the department's second in command, said he is enthusiastic about Berkow, who is expected to start in early April. ``He has a lot of experience with reform. He's a solid guy, and he'll do a good job for us,'' McDonnell said. Berkow, who has made a reputation for reforming police agencies and targeting municipal corruption, worked as a consultant in Boston and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of during Bratton's tenures in those cities. Berkow also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice in the 1990s, helping rebuild police forces in Somalia and Haiti. He also worked with former President Jimmy Carter, overseeing elections in Jamaica Elections in Jamaica povides information on elections and election results in Jamaica. The Parliament of Jamaica has two chambers:
``He goes into departments that have been having problems,'' McDonnell said. ``I think with him coming into Internal Affairs is appropriate. Other accomplishments include reforming the South Pasadena Police Department, which was mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in scandal. During his four-year tenure as chief, Berkow established a residents' complaint process, reformed training and evidence handling and replaced equipment. He also arrested two department employees in a theft case. As police chief of Coachella in Riverside County, he was credited with cleaning up a department whose reputation was so tarnished that other police agencies refused to share narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. intelligence, according to state officials. He arrested the majority of the City Council, and his boss, the city manager, who was later convicted of misuse of public funds. |
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