Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former county sheriff has been named chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, taking charge of the nation’s third largest police force. An official with knowledge of who was chosen confirmed it was Jim McDonnell. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it. The news follows the surprise retirement of Chief Michel Moore, whose tenure was marked by greater scrutiny into excessive force and police killings of civilians in the nation’s second-largest city. A civilian board of Los Angeles police commissioners selected McDonnell out three final candidates. He rose to second-in-command during his 29 years at the police department and also served as chief of the Long Beach Police Department.
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