No one realizes this more clearly than me. I, along with the Command Staff of LAPD, will take whatever time that is necessary to visit every police station, LAPD roll call, and every work station in this vast city. Face time with every member of this 13,000-member force is mandatory. The vast majority of these men and women are smart, hard working, honest. What they are hearing from me is that mediocrity will not be tolerated.
Mediocrity leads to messed-up morals.
Mediocrity leads to a mine-set in which the ends justify the means. And we are accountable for its exercise. That, too, is my mantra during these difficult days. You the citizens of this great city have invested us police officers with trust. Some have abused that trust.