Williams Named New Police Chief
In response to Joseph D. McNamara’s column on the LAPD (Opinion, April 19):
McNamara wrote that the LAPD style of policing is contrary to the community approach Williams and other chiefs have adopted.
Los Angeles has over three times the area of Philadelphia and over twice the population, but very limited manpower. According to statistics published in The Times last year, Los Angeles had 8,300 officers vs. 6,200 for Philadelphia.
It would take an additional 10,000 officers for L.A. to provide a “Philadelphia-style” operation. At $100,000 per officer, the cost would be $1 billion.
FLOYD G. POWELL
Huntington Beach
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