Los Angeles may get openly gay top cop. (People).For the first time, a major U.S. city could get an openly gay police chief. On the short list of candidates to replace outgoing Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police chief Bernard Parks is deputy police chief David Kalish, a Parks protege pro·té·gé n. One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person. [French, from past participle of protéger, to protect, from Old French, from Latin who began his LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. career as a police officer in 1975 and is a former board member of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center provides a broad array of services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Its clinic and on-site pharmacy offers free and low-cost health, mental health, HIV/AIDS medical care and HIV/STD testing and prevention. . Another possible replacement for Parks is Portland, Ore., police chief Mark Kroeker, a longtime LAPD commander, recently under attack for antigay remarks he made to a Christian law enforcement group more than a decade ago. Kroeker has said his views have since changed and he is opposed to all kinds of bias. "The new police chief should be someone who understands [the gay community's] issues and concerns," said the center's executive director, Gwenn Baldwin. "Certainly David has that awareness through his years of involvement with the center." |
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