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Assistant Police Chief David Gascon, who had hoped to become chief of the Los Angeles Police Department but was passed over in favor of William J. Bratton, will announce his retirement today, a department spokesman said. Gascon, 53, will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. alongside Bratton outside police headquarters at Parker Center, Officer Jason Lee said.

In the first of what are expected to be many departures from the top levels of the Los Angeles Police Department, Assistant Chief David Gascon announced Thursday that he is leaving the force after 31 years. Best known as the face of the department during the murder investigation of O.J. Simpson, Gascon appeared before a gathering of several dozen department officials, including new Chief William J. Bratton. "He has served this organization honorably," Bratton said.

He's been referred to as the Guy Who Arrested O.J., the face of the Los Angeles Police Department and, in light of his tough attitude toward office malingerers, Slug Killer. Lately, Deputy Chief David Gascon has picked up an additional nickname: Half. It's a term that was bestowed upon him by former Police Chief Daryl F.

Assistant Police Chief David Gascon, who had hoped to become chief of the Los Angeles Police Department but was passed over in favor of William J. Bratton, will announce his retirement today, a department spokesman said. Gascon, 53, will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. alongside Bratton outside police headquarters at Parker Center, Officer Jason Lee said.

Police Chief Willie L. Williams--under growing pressure from the Police Commission and Mayor Richard Riordan to improve the Police Department's performance--announced Monday that he is reorganizing the LAPD's upper ranks, demoting his second in command and reshuffling several of the department's leading players. "Over the course of the summer, I did a self-analysis of myself, my administration, where it is and where we need to go," Williams said in an interview before announcing the changes.

In the first of what are expected to be many departures from the top levels of the Los Angeles Police Department, Assistant Chief David Gascon announced Thursday that he is leaving the force after 31 years. Best known as the face of the department during the murder investigation of O.J. Simpson, Gascon appeared before a gathering of several dozen department officials, including new Chief William J. Bratton. "He has served this organization honorably," Bratton said.

For Cmdr. David J. Gascon, the day's briefings began in disaster and ended in triumph. Shortly before 2 p.m., Gascon, standing ramrod straight, his jaw tightly clenched, addressed hordes of reporters to break the news that O.J. Simpson was wanted for a brutal double murder and was nowhere to be found. "Mr. Simpson, in an agreement with his attorney, was scheduled to surrender this morning to the Los Angeles Police Department," Gascon said. "Initially, that was 11 o'clock. Then it became 11:45.

The Los Angeles Police Department, under pressure to release information about crime trends across the city, will make public a number of documents sometime next week, an LAPD spokesman said Wednesday. At issue are reports compiled by each of the department's 18 geographic areas in which crime data and other information has been analyzed by LAPD officials. Cmdr. David J.

Former Assemblywoman Paula Boland will head a long list of guest speakers at Tuesday's meeting of the North Hollywood Residents Assn. The 6:30 p.m. meeting will concentrate on updating residents on several area projects and ways residents can help improve their community. Boland, a Granada Hills Republican who until last year served in the Assembly and is now an elected member of the Los Angeles City Charter Reform Commission, will be joined by Deputy Los Angeles Police Chief David J.

Efforts to place more police officers on Los Angeles streets moved forward Tuesday as the Police Commission endorsed a proposal seeking more than $48 million in federal funding to help pay for 643 new officers. The proposal, which is expected to be approved by the City Council today and submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice by Monday, is part of the federal COPS Universal Hiring Program. If the city receives the money, the department's number of sworn officers would increase to 9,039, police and other city officials said.

He's been referred to as the Guy Who Arrested O.J., the face of the Los Angeles Police Department and, in light of his tough attitude toward office malingerers, Slug Killer. Lately, Deputy Chief David Gascon has picked up an additional nickname: Half. It's a term that was bestowed upon him by former Police Chief Daryl F.

Police Chief Willie L. Williams--under growing pressure from the Police Commission and Mayor Richard Riordan to improve the Police Department's performance--announced Monday that he is reorganizing the LAPD's upper ranks, demoting his second in command and reshuffling several of the department's leading players. "Over the course of the summer, I did a self-analysis of myself, my administration, where it is and where we need to go," Williams said in an interview before announcing the changes.

For Cmdr. David J. Gascon, the day's briefings began in disaster and ended in triumph. Shortly before 2 p.m., Gascon, standing ramrod straight, his jaw tightly clenched, addressed hordes of reporters to break the news that O.J. Simpson was wanted for a brutal double murder and was nowhere to be found. "Mr. Simpson, in an agreement with his attorney, was scheduled to surrender this morning to the Los Angeles Police Department," Gascon said. "Initially, that was 11 o'clock. Then it became 11:45.

The Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury conducted an investigation into the Rampart corruption scandal, but the findings were not published in the panel's annual report released Friday, according to authorities. Meanwhile, sheriff's detectives have begun a criminal investigation into the whereabouts of a missing set of transcripts of statements by witnesses who were called to testify about the corruption scandal, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the case. Dist. Atty.