Beck pledges to continue reform

Deputy Chief Charlie Beck, a 33-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran with "LAPD blue" in his blood, was picked by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Tuesday to head the department - ending weeks of speculation about who would fill the big shoes left by William Bratton. Daily News.

The mayor's choice, widely cheered by rank-and-file officers, the police union and civil rights groups, was expected to sail through the City Council over the next two weeks.

"This is not just a job to me. This is who I am," Beck said during an at-times emotional news conference in front of Getty House, the official mayoral residence.