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Costa Mesa names Northern California law enforcement leader new chief of CMPD

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    34% Somewhat Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -61% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Costa Mesa's Police Department is well respected in our community, and I have full confidence that our new chief will carry on the legacy of law enforcement excellence that Chief Glass, his team and prior chiefs have worked so hard to achieve."
55% : He also attended the FBI National Academy and the POST Command College for law enforcement executives.
51% : In 2013, Lawrence was invited to teach introduction to criminal justice and criminology as an adjunct professor with the Public Policy degree program of William Jessup University in the city of Rocklin, where he served as police captain and chief from 2006 to 2016.
51% : In addition to a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, Lawrence holds a master's degree in organizational leadership from Saint Mary's College of California.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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