Jim McDonnell was named as the next LAPD chief of police Friday. Mayor Karen Bass announced McDonnell would be stepping in as ...

McDonnell’s selection ends an eight-month search after former chief Michel Moore retired from LAPD in February. He once ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday that Jim McDonnell will be the city’s next police chief, ending a months-long ...

Mayor Karen Bass said her search for a new police chief stemmed from a desire to “transform” the LAPD, but McDonnell is a longtime department insider.