Parks seeks further delay for Bratton

Councilman Bernard Parks is renewing his effort to stall the reappointment of Police Chief Bill Bratton,

Parks, who has been a consistent critic of Bratton's style and policies, said he did not believe the Police Commission allowed adequate public comment.

And, in a letter to the commission, he cited a request from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and others to delay action.

"The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Community Coalition, and many of the Block
Clubs and Community Based Organizations listed in a letter SCLC recently wrote to the
Commission are constituents of the 8th Council District.

" Due to the failure of the Police Commission to participate in an appropriate outreach effort or to create any criteria for reappointment, it is mandatory that the Commission allows the community to do its own due
diligence and objectively discuss Chief Bratton’s entire term as the LAPD Chief of Police before
the City invests an additional $1.5 Million to $2 Million into another 5 year term.

"The issues that confront the Department and the City are most acute in the area I represent. The
collective history of the LAPD under Chief Bratton requires that the Commission abide by this
community’s request."