Three weeks after Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore’s said he will step down at the end of February , the city’s Police Commission announced Wednesday that Assistant Chief Dominic Choi would take over as interim chief effective March 1. Choi was selected in a unanimous vote by the five-member commission.
The assignment is expected to last only until mid-summer, while a nationwide search is conducted to find a more permanent replacement. Choi becomes the 58th chief in the LAPD’s history, and the first of Asian descent, the Los Angeles Times reports.
