I would agree with that. The department was losing officers at an alarming rate.
I heard about the LAPD cops saying that they do not want Chief Parks in their funeral if they were ever killed in the line of duty. That, and the silly Affirmative Action policy that pretty much bars whites from getting into the LAPD is what is driving a lot of otherwise qualified candidates away.
The last chief that was worth having was Chief Gates. And he was hated by Mayor Bradley, who was pandering to every single special interest that came across him.