I think that this is an awful tragedy, but the officers took -- on the face of it -- reasonable steps to avoid it. Had the individual not grabbed the officer's pistol, certainly we would not be having this discussion. Police Chief Charlie Beck More Quotes by Police Chief Charlie Beck More Quotes From Police Chief Charlie Beck Your status has nothing to do with your contact with Los Angeles Police Department, we will not give you to ICE. We will not refer you to ICE. Police Chief Charlie Beck top-news I know there is a tremendous public interest in this, los Angeles police are actively looking for witnesses, and Los Angeles police are actively looking for more video. Los Angeles police may explain the circumstances. Police Chief Charlie Beck top-news Any time an unarmed person is shot by a Los Angeles police officer, Los Angeles takes extraordinary circumstances to justify that, and I have not seen those extraordinary circumstances at this point. Police Chief Charlie Beck top-news But in trying to be open on a discussion that is very much a national discussion, one that has reached all the way to the President's office, I want to make sure that Angelenos know that Los Angeles police take this incident very seriously. Police Chief Charlie Beck top-news This investigation is far from over. Police Chief Charlie Beck latest-headlines This is a huge step for law enforcement. No other major city is even close to implementation. Police Chief Charlie Beck latest-headlines What happens in the smallest town in these United States affects all of us. What happens in Ferguson, a town not even the size of one of the police divisions in LA, has affected us, but we're stepping up. Police Chief Charlie Beck latest-headlines The entire nation waits to see what happens in LA. Police Chief Charlie Beck latest-headlines
