On Thursday December 10, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck was invited to be a guest on “On Air With Ryan Seacrest,” the morning show on 102.7 KIIS–FM. During the 30 minute interview, Chief Beck was asked about a police pursuit that was aired live on television the previous night, talked about the joy any father would have when he presided over his son’s graduation, and the importance of continuing to hire new police officers. Chief Beck invited KIIS-Listeners to participate in the LAPD Angels Community Toy and Book Drive, asking them to donate a gently used or new book or a new toy to any of the Department’s 21 community police stations. The toys and books will be distributed to needy children throughout the city.
The next morning, in his continuing community outreach efforts Chief Beck was on the national morning shows of two Univision Radio stations – Recuerdos (Memories) KRCD/KRCV 103.9/98.3 FM and “La Nueva” (The New One) 101.9 FM. Chief Beck was interviewed by Amalia Gonzalez, program director and on air personality of Recuerdos and was a guest on “El Piolin Por La Mañana” (The tweety bird of the morning) hosted by Eddie Sotello.
Chief Beck talked about how important it is for the Hispanic community to get to know their Senior Lead Officers, their area Captains, and how they can make a difference by becoming volunteers. When asked by Piolin about the role of police enforcing immigration laws, he replied the LAPD is doing it right by not using a person’s immigration status as a point of detention and contact.
The Chief talked about his goals to continue the progress of the Department in keeping crime down, keeping the City safe from terrorism, continuing to police constitutionally, and collaborating with the community. Captain Rigoberto Romero served as translator.
Chief Beck returned to the police administration building to record a series of interviews with LA18 in the 2nd floor studio of the Public Information Office. These interviews were an effort to reach out to the Asian - Pacific Islander community of the City. The interviews will be aired in the month of January. LA 18 / KSCI-TV reaches 6.2 million households in the six counties of Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura and San Diego.
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