SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
New LAPD chief Charlie Beck sent officers in the field his latest round of promotions and reassignments tonight. Captains Blake Chow, Bob Green and Mike Moriarty make commander, Sharon Papa...
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Deputy Chief Michel Moore is named an assistant chief and will assume command of Special Services, according to the department. And Assistant Chief Sharon Papa will become a commander. Less than a week after taking over the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Charlie Beck announced a shake-up in the department's command staff, including the demotion of two of the LAPD's highest-ranking...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Deputy Chief Michel Moore is named an assistant chief and will assume command of Special Services, according to the department. And Assistant Chief Sharon Papa will become a commander. Less than a week after taking over the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Charlie Beck announced a shake-up in the department's command staff, including the demotion of two of the LAPD's highest-ranking...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
• November 24 2009 9:22 AMColor commentary all around on yesterday's LAPD brass shake-up, Schwarzenegger parks in the red, Sarah Palin and Latinos and Supervisor Ridley-Thomas dodges the media. Those and more after the jump.Also see today's Mark Lacter morning headlines at , and follow and on Twitter.LAPD chief Beck's elevates the Valley's Michel Moore, demotes Jim McDonnell and Sharon Papa,...
ex-Liberal in Hollywood (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
, that Deputy Chief Michel Moore had made such a strong impression on the police commission as they narrowed the field of contenders down to three. It was generally assumed within the department that the three finalists would be Beck, Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell, and either the department’s highest-ranking black officer, Earl Paysinger, or one of the two high-ranking women, Assistant Chief Sharon...
Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... black officer, Earl Paysinger, or one of the two high-ranking women, Assistant Chief Sharon Papa or Deputy Chief Sandy Jo MacArthur. This is Los Angeles, after all, where one has come to expect identity politics to play a role. So while it was surprising to see Moore among the finalists, I was all the more taken aback to read that the commission had ranked him ahead of Beck and McDonnell...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... with the commission last week. The department's three assistant chiefs -- Jim McDonnell, Sharon Papa and Earl Paysinger -- and Deputy Chief Charlie Beck are widely seen as front-runners.Commission members have declined to identify the outside candidates, saying disclosure could harm their careers.Also on Monday, staffers for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa released tentative plans for...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... represents International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 68. The Times adds assistant chief Sharon Papa to the earlier list of reported favorites for LAPD chief. , Plus:Hire someone who is a "people person" and is "good with money," says union chief Paul Weber. Fourteen local members of Congress signed a letter casting doubt on possible funding for a Westside subway. City Attorney...
