Bernard Parks, currently a member of the Los Angeles City Council, is the former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. He ran for mayor in the 2005 elections, but lost. He placed fourth after Bob Hertzberg. The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... The Los Angeles Police Department (usually known as the LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...
The Eighth Council District is located within the heart of South Los Angeles, stretching roughly from the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) in the north, Century Boulevard in the south, La Cienega in the west, and the Harbor Freeway (I-110) in the east.
Councilmember Parks uses the legislation and policy-making process to improve the quality of life for his constituents.
Parks and his staff are working to reverse this trend.