During his tenure, the LAPD was rocked by a
corruption and police brutality scandal involving the elite
C.R.A.S.H. anti-gang unit of the
Rampart Division in the overwhelmingly Latino
Pico-Union and
Westlake districts. The Police Commission, under Commission President
Rick J. Caruso did not recommend Parks for reappointment as police chief. Parks was succeeded as chief by
William Bratton. In 2003, Parks won the seat on the
Los Angeles City Council for
Council District 8 representing
South Los Angeles. He also unsuccessfully ran for the post of mayor in the
2005 elections, coming fourth in the primary. In 2008, Parks unsuccessfully sought to succeed
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke on the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, losing to
Mark Ridley-Thomas in a
runoff election. Term limits forced Parks out of the city council office in 2015.
Marqueece Harris-Dawson won the District 8 election for the vacant seat, and replaced Parks on 1 July 2015. ==References==