EDITORIAL/ CONDUCT UNBECOMING.IN the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of the worst police scandal in L.A. history, five candidates for mayor think Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. is too tough on his officers. So all five candidates for mayor would want fewer internal controls? More outside help? Fewer officers being punished for planting evidence, lying under oath Noun 1. lying under oath - criminal offense of making false statements under oath bearing false witness, perjury infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement - a crime less serious than a felony , beating suspects? The five leading candidates - City Attorney James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California , Councilman Joel Wachs, Parks Commissioner Steve Soboroff, Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa and Rep. Xavier Bacerra - played to a crowd of mostly police officers Tuesday in Studio City. Their ``frank'' and tough debate drew frequent applause. It's tough to be all things to all people, but the five candidates took their best shot at being all things to the police officers' union, which sponsored Tuesday night's debate. All five think Parks and the disciplinary system he set up is too harsh and unfair to rank-and-file police officers. That was a crowd-pleaser. All five think police should be allowed to work a compressed schedule of three 12-hour days a week, even though fire officials are complaining a compressed work week is endangering firefighters and paramedics and threatening public safety. Unfortunately, four of the five candidates turned squishy squish·y adj. squish·i·er, squish·i·est 1. Soft and wet; spongy. 2. Sloppily sentimental. Adj. 1. when it came to turning over control of the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. to the Justice Department. Soboroff was the only one who emphatically opposed the Justice Department getting to dictate how 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 . is
run and who controls operations.
Villaraigosa was the only candidate emphatically in favor of a Justice takeover as the only way to secure real reform. Wachs was emphatically opposed to closed-door negotiations. Hahn, the city's lead negotiator with the Justice Department, emphatically argued that the talks had to be held privately. Because? (Well, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. so the bad guys - and the public - won't find out what Janet Reno is up to.) The best candidate for mayor will come down on the side of a disciplined police force obeying the laws while protecting the public. The best candidate will gently remind officers that whining about too much discipline in a department that has tarnished the reputation of an entire city and cost taxpayers no telling how many millions in settlement money is unseemly and conduct unbecoming an officer. And the best candidate for mayor will not give police critics an opening into gutting the department. May the best candidate stand up to the test. |
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