LOCAL · CA · 1997-2002
Bernard Parks
LAPD Commissioner / Chief · California
On the record
First Black LAPD chief; later LA City Council
Background
Bernard Parks occupied the LAPD Commissioner / Chief of Los Angeles office in California for 5 years (1997–2002). Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Bill Bratton. Note: First Black LAPD chief; later LA City Council. Same-year political environment (1997): Governor Pete Wilson; Attorney General Dan Lungren; Secretary of State Bill Jones.
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Others who held this office in California
- Jim McDonnell (2024-present)
- Dominic Choi (2024-2024)
- Michel Moore (2018-2024)
- Charlie Beck (2009-2018)
- Bill Bratton (2002-2009)