Chaleff Reelected President of L.A. Police Commission
Attorney Gerald L. Chaleff on Tuesday was reelected president of the Police Commission, the civilian panel that sets policy for the Los Angeles Police Department.
The five commission members, appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council, choose their own president at the start of each fiscal year.
Chaleff, a well-known criminal defense lawyer appointed to the panel in 1997, was tapped last year to fill the post vacated by Edith R. Perez, whose term had expired.
The 58-year-old Chaleff is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a partner in the firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where he heads a white-collar criminal defense practice group.
Raquelle de la Rocha, a former president of the city’s Ethics Commission and also an attorney, was elected vice president of the commission. She replaces T. Warren Jackson, who served three terms as vice president.
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