Charlie Beck

On November 8, Chicago's mayor, Lori Lightfoot, appointed retired LAPD chief Charlie Beck as the city's interim superintendent, to commence upon the retirement of incumbent Eddie Johnson, at the end of 2019. Chicago will conduct a nationwide search for the permanent Superintendent. Beck declined a permanent position, and agreed to hold the Office for a few months. On April 2, 2020, Beck was replaced by former Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown as Superintendent.

On January 19, 2018, Beck announced his retirement later that year. On June 4, 2018, Mayor Garcetti announced that Michel Moore would succeed him on June 27.

In 2016, Beck made a cameo appearance on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills when he ran into Erika Jayne and her husband Thomas Girardi while having lunch.

Beck is a native of Long Beach, California. He attended Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California, and then the California State University, Long Beach where he received a B.A. in occupational studies-vocational arts. His father, George, was also an LAPD policeman, retiring at the rank of deputy chief in 1980.

Beck was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Department in March 1977 after serving two years with the Los Angeles Police Reserve Corps. As a patrol officer, his assignments included both the Rampart and Hollywood divisions. After promotion to sergeant in June 1984, Beck worked in the department's controversial C.R.A.S.H. program under then-chief, Daryl Gates, in the 1980s and early 1990s. Beck worked in the department's Internal Affairs division as a sergeant and a lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant in April 1993, to captain in July 1999 (following that promotion he was initially assigned to Southeast Division, followed by terms as the Commanding Officer of Juvenile Division, Central Area and finally Rampart Area), and then commander in April 2005. In August 2006, he achieved the rank of deputy chief, the same rank that his father, a retired Los Angeles police officer, had attained. Upon that promotion, he assumed command of Operations-South Bureau. Beck went on to become chief of detectives, and implemented a number changes to the Detective Bureau, particularly in the use of technology (for which the Detective Bureau has overall responsibility for the entire LAPD). Beck was appointed chief of police in November 2009. According to the Los Angeles Times, Beck was paid a salary of $297,000 in 2011.

Charles Lloyd Beck (born June 27, 1953) is a retired police officer, ending his career as the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). A veteran of the department with over four decades as an officer, he is known for commanding and rehabilitating the Rampart Division after the Rampart scandal; and for technology enhancements during his time as Chief of Detectives. He agreed to be interim Superintendent of Police in Chicago in late 2019 while the city searches nationwide for a replacement for retiring Eddie Johnson. Beck took helm of the Chicago Police Department on December 2, 2019 after Johnson was fired. On April 15, 2020, Beck stepped down and was replaced by former Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown, who had been nominated by Lightfoot to serve as permanent Superintendent.