Mayor Karen Bass has appointed Robert Clark as deputy mayor for public security after he spent 22 years as an FBI agent, her workplace confirmed Monday, April 7. Clark will oversee the Los Angeles Police Division, Los Angeles Fireplace Division, the Emergency Administration Division, the Los Angeles Port Police and the Los Angeles Airport Police. Clark started work April 7 with the town dealing with a $1 billion finances shortfall that might immediate personnel reductions within the departments he oversees.
Clark was as an assistant particular agent answerable for the FBI’s Los Angeles Subject Workplace from 2009 to 2016, in search of to enhance coverage and group relationships, confront worldwide organized crime, human trafficking and extra. He additionally served as government director of the Central Texas Public Security Fee, a nonprofit group that gives sources and advocacy for police, hearth and emergency medical response companies within the area. Clark additionally served as vp of public security for Philadelphia Housing Authority, the nation’s fourth largest public housing growth, and director of public security for Columbus, Ohio.
Clark started his profession in public service as an officer with the Youngstown (Ohio) Police Division, in line with a biography equipped by the Mayor’s Workplace. Clark succeeds Brian Williams, who Bass positioned on administrative depart following an investigation right into a bomb menace he allegedly made towards Metropolis Corridor. The investigation is ongoing.
The Mayor’s Workplace was notified in December that the FBI searched Williams’ dwelling after he allegedly made a bomb menace. The investigation was led by the Los Angeles Police Division, which decided Williams was “seemingly the supply of the menace.”
The case was referred to the FBI “as a result of division’s working relationship” with Williams, in line with the division.
By way of his lawyer, Williams has strongly maintained his innocence, in line with a number of reviews. Williams stays on the town payroll, the Los Angeles Occasions reported Monday, April 7.
