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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has selected former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell to serve as the city’s next police chief.
McDonnell is a former LAPD assistant chief, the Los Angeles Times reports.
At a news conference Friday announcing her decision, Bass said she spoke with many of McDonnell’s former colleagues, who described him as honest and “a man of integrity.”
“These are essential leadership traits we will need to continue to transform the department while addressing the near and far challenges we will face in the coming years,” Bass said.
McDonnell was with the LAPD for 28 years, sometimes serving as the department’s public face while serving as an assistant chief under Chief William J. “Bill” Bratton. After an unsuccessful bid for a second term as sheriff, McDonnell took a job with the University of Southern California. While he was widely viewed as a potential successor to former LAPD Chief Michel Moore, who stepped down earlier this year, McDonnell has kept a lower public profile than other candidates.
