Local News in Brief : 40 Officers Honored
Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates presented badges to 40 recently promoted officers, including Deputy Chief Bernard Parks, one of the highest-ranking black officers, and Capt. Jan Carlson, the only woman captain in the department.
“You are key to making this organization run,” Gates told the officers and their families in a ceremony at Parker Center police headquarters.
Parks, 44, oversees 1,212 detectives and 5,734 uniformed officers and sergeants as head of the department’s Operations Headquarters Bureau.
Carlson, 46, will assume new duties next week as captain in charge of patrol units in the department’s Pacific Division.
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