Recently departed Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts is the subject of a story on the New York Times website. Batts, of course, starts his new gig as Oakland police chief on Monday.
And, measured against Oak-town’s history of, er, policing, Batts and Long Beach don’t look too bad. Examples:
“There are fewer than 800 officers in [...]

Here’s coverage of Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts’ impending departure for Oakland–where he’ll become that city’s police chief–from three different news organizations with varying approaches.
Firstly, here’s LBReport.com, where Bill Pearl ledes with this: “One day after presenting a budget demanded by LB city management (and recommended by Mayor Bob Foster) that, if implemented by [...]