"Last year, LAPD leaders quietly brought on a temporary consultant to advise on how to give the department's battered public image a spit shine. In a proposal reviewed by The Times, the consultant wrote that the LAPD's standing as "one of the most prominent and visible law enforcement agencies in the world" was on the line. The name of the person offering to help chart the path forward was not mentioned when the contract went before the Police Commission for approval."
"Nor did it come up Feb 3. when, after a heated debate, the City Council approved the creation of a new LAPD communications strategist role with an annual salary of $191,000. LAPD Deputy Chief Jonathan Pinto, head of the Human Resources Bureau, acknowledged under questioning from council members that the department already had someone in mind for the role - but declined to say who."
"Numerous department sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the confidential personnel matter, identified the candidate as the consultant: Robert Port, a filmmaker, writer and director who has worked for decades in Hollywood. Port declined to comment, as did an LAPD spokesperson. Winner of a 2003 Academy Award for his documentary short "Twin Towers," about a pair of brothers - a policeman and a fireman - who responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11,"
The Los Angeles City Council authorized funding for a new LAPD communications strategist position with an annual salary of $191,000. LAPD leaders previously engaged a temporary consultant to advise on improving the department's battered public image and warned that the agency's global standing was at risk. The consultant's name was omitted during approvals before the Police Commission and the City Council. Deputy Chief Jonathan Pinto confirmed the department had a preferred candidate but declined to identify them. Numerous internal sources identified the consultant as filmmaker Robert Port, who declined to comment.
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