After the allegation of bomb threats, Lower appoints the new deputy mayor for public security

The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, appointed a new deputy mayor for public security, installing the former FBI official, Robert Clark, as a assistant supervising the police and fire problems.

The news occurs almost four months after the predecessor of Clark, Brian K. Williams, was put on administrative leave after being accused of having made a threat of bomb against the town hall.

The Los Angeles Police Service identified Williams as the probable source of the bomb threat made last year before returning the case to the FBI due to the ministry’s working relations with Williams.

Speaking through his lawyer for a history of previous times, Williams firmly maintained his innocence. No accusation has been filed and FBI spokesperson Laura Emiller said on Monday that the case was still under investigation. Williams lawyer Dmitry Gorin did not immediately respond at the time on Monday.

Williams remains on the city’s payroll but “is retired,” said Bass spokesperson Zach Seidl. Seidl did not answer when they were asked when Willliams planned to retire or how long it would stay on pay. The city is faced with a budget deficit of nearly a billion dollars.

In his new role, which he started on Monday, Clark will help help the city recover from the fire in Palisades. He joined the administration at a time when Bass praised a drop of homicides and shots.

As a special FBI agent, Clark directed anti-gang efforts in Los Angeles.

“I do not see myself separated from many people I work with and many people I met in the community. I consider myself one of them,” said Clark in a video shared by the FBI in 2014. “I was part.”

Clark grew up with foster family in a world imbued with violence, gangs and drugs, he said. His father, owner of a nightclub that worked with organized crime, was murdered at the age of 12.

His childhood in the city center of Youngstown, Ohio, “and the things that I have escaped, I suppose you could say, really forces me to go back and restore,” said Clark in the video.

Clark left the FBI in 2016, according to his LinkedIn profile. He was then a consultant pursuant to the law and director of public security for the city of Columbus, Ohio, among other roles. In the 2017 CBS TV show “Hunted”, he was the commander of a team leading a manhunt.

The staff editor Libor Jany has contributed to this report.