PHOTOS: Charlie Beck makes the rounds
![Deputy Chief Charlie Beck bows as he says goodbye to John Yang in his office at the new police administration building. Yang, a staff writer for the Korea Times, just concluded an interview with Beck. Since Beck was nominated as chief, he has been out in the community meeting and greeting different constituents and doing many interviews.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4e61882/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x393+0+0/resize/600x393!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6a%2F17%2F0421d765e88e38abbe50fd4f90b2%2Fla-me-chief01-kt0wnlnc.jpg)
Deputy Chief Charlie Beck bows as he says goodbye to John Yang in his office at the new police administration building. Yang, a staff writer for the Korea Times, just concluded an interview with Beck.
Since Beck was nominated as chief, he has been out in the community meeting and greeting different constituents and doing many interviews. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Beck is hugged by Lita Herron before a Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable forum at Lucy Florence Coffeehouse in Leimert Park. Other civil rights advocates took part in the meeting with the LAPD chief-designate and announced their recommendation to the City Council on his nomination. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Beck and Herron before the forum. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Beck leaves the forum. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Beck is on his way to a gathering of labor representatives at the L.A. County Federation of Labor, AFL/CIO. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Beck leaves Langer’s Delicatessen in Los Angeles after saying goodbye to Det. Jeff Godown. Beck has been coming to Langer’s as a customer for 25 years and visits every other week.
Beck took Godown to lunch. Godown is leaving the LAPD to take a job with the San Francisco Police Department. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Beck greets Officers Rob Cosner, left, and Mike Belmonte at Langer’s. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)