This Is the City...

"Today, as that recent roll call suggests, the 9,314-officer LAPD is a different place. Like the city, it is less than half white; one in five officers is a woman, and Hispanics make up roughly a third of the department, with their representation even greater in the lower ranks, reflecting more recent hiring.
"'Fifteen years ago, this department was dominated by white males,' Mack said. 'That picture clearly has changed dramatically.'"

The Los Angeles Times reports the shifting demographics of the Los Angeles Police Department.

And the Times runs an obit for Chief Ed Davis, who led the LAPD from 1969 to 1978, between William Parker and Daryl Gates.