LAPD Former Chief of Police

READ Bernard C. Park's 4YR LAPD OFFICE REPORT

Before being elected to the Los Angeles City Council, Parks spent 38 years as a police officer. Beginning his career with the police department at a time when patrol cars were just recently integrated, he rose through the ranks of one of the nation’s largest municipal law enforcement agencies to become Chief of Police in 1997.

As Police Chief, Parks implemented some of the most rigorous police reforms ever proposed in the history of the police department, including the institution of an Officer Accountability Policy. Parks also made it easier for the community to file complaints against problem officers by streamlining the Citizen Complaint System. Under Chief Parks the City of Los Angeles saw homicides fall by 45%, rape assault drop by nearly 20% and robbery decline by over 45%.