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This 5 page paper provides an overview of these two professional men, including their backgrounds, the complexity of their jobs, their apparent leadership styles, comments about their performance and other comments. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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became a chief in the department in 1992, earned his doctorate in public administration in 1993 and was elected to his present post as Sheriff in 1998 (Johnmccain.com, 2007). The
Los Angeles Sheriffs Department is the larges sheriffs department in the world with over 17,000 personnel, counting both officers and civilian (Johnmccain.com, 2007). One year after his election, Baca was
named "Metropolitan News-Enterprise 1999 Person of the Year" (Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 1999). He was praised mostly for his honesty and candor that included his concerns that certain units, like the celebrity
unit, "wasnt thought through" (Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 1999). He also admitted that sexual harassment was still a problem but his one-year tenure had brought progress in teaching literacy skills to prison
inmates and establishing "a recovery center for drug addicts and wife beaters" (Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 1999). Baca himself sees his primary responsibility as prevention of crimes (Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 1999). Through
his years of service, Baca became known for his creative problem solving strategies (Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 1999). He also came to be known for his outreach to different communities in the
country and for his ability to open lines of communication (Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 1999). In 2006, Baca was the recipient of the National Latino Peace Officers Association award (National Latino
Peace Officers Association, 2006). His department is vast and complex (see http://www.lasd.org/aboutlasd/OrgChart/OrgChart.htm, click on red button for full chart). There are at least 11 different major complex divisions under Bacas
command (Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, 2007). William J. Bratton served in the U.S. Army Military Police division during the Vietnam War (LEAPS, 2007). He began his law enforcement
career in 1970 with the Boston Police Department and rose to the Superintendent of Police in 1980 (LEAPS, 2007). He also commanded the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police and the
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