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Behind closed doors, Los Angeles police chief pick was no shoo-in

latimes.com
Nov. 4, 2009
Beck looked to have the edge from the start. In fact, the opposite was true. When the Los Angeles Police Commission last week gave Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa the names of the finalists for the LAPD chief's job, it was hardly a foregone conclusion that Deputy Chief Charlie Beck would be the...
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