randy adams want more money from the state of california for his pension. adams is also suing the state to double his pension to half a million dollars a year for the rest of his life. how? his oversized salary in belle. that was his last job. his highest-paying job, and even though he only held the position a year, he says his pension should be based on that pay. hi chief randy adams, i'm kyung lah from cnn. we caught up with randy adams in simi valley. the people of the city of bell saw you milked them for a salary that was extraordinarily high and now you're trying to do the same thing with the state. >> well, i disagree, of course, with those types of characterizations. when one day i'm able to tell my complete side of the story, i think you'll see there is a completely different side to that story. unfortunately, i can't talk at length about it, but that's the situation. >> reporter: do you think you deserve to make double what the lapd chief made? >> i've made all the comments i can make at this time. >> reporter: adams would not elaborate on camera, i

chief randy adams i'm from cnn. we caught up with randy adams in simi valley.ell saw you milked them for he a sal extraordinarily high and now you're doing the same thing with the state. >> well, i disagree, of course, with those types of characterizations. when one day i'm able to tell my complete side of the story, i think you'll see there is a completely different side to that story. unfortunately, i can't talk at length about it, but that's the situation. >> do you think you deserve to make double what the lapd chief made? >> i've made all the comments i can make at this time. >> i spoke to his attorney by telephone who said adams is a good cop who does deserve to double his pension to half a million dollars a year for that one year of service in bell. but the people who run california's pension system say absolutely not. what is he asking for? >> basically he's trying to double his pension from $19,000 a month, which is far surpassing almost anyone else in our system as a retiree to bobby brown $38,000 a month. >> does he deserve that from the taxpayers? >

chief randy adams wasn't charged because adams didn't directly control the city's money.n court, i don't know why he's not a defendant in this case. so where is adams today? he lives in an upper class l.a. suburb 50 miles northwest of bell just off country club drive in a gated community. his $800,000 home overlooks a picturesque golf course. >> disgusting. and the fact that he is living this lavish lifestyle on the backs of us. >> reporter: bell resident calls adams the one who got away. >> arrogant, cocky, criminal. if i can find the dictionary where it says corrupt police chief, whatever his picture would be on it. he's epitome of what is wrong in this country. >> reporter: she says that because of these e-mails from 2009 exchanged between adams and angela, bell's former assistant city administrator. adams negotiating the terms of his new job as bell police chief wrote "i am looking forward to seeing you and taking all of bell's money. okay. just a share of it."lol, well, take your share of the pie, just like us. we will all get fat together. the salary quietly approve