Hail to the chief (of police, that is). William Bratton's LAPD has been credited with transforming MacArthur Park from crime-ridden to nearly crime-free in just a handful of years. In this 2006 Life & Times story, correspondent James Hill looks at how they did it. Along the way he talks to Charlie Beck, the man the mayor has picked to be the new chief.
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