Who will be L.A.’s next police chief: A guide
5 months, 1 week ago

Who will be L.A.’s next police chief: A guide

LA Times  

It is one of the most consequential decisions a Los Angeles mayor must make: selecting a chief to oversee the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD has faced criticism over its response to the George Floyd protests, for several high-profile shootings by officers, and for alleged misconduct involving both rank-and-file cops and senior commanders. Efforts to reform the department’s disciplinary system and give the chief more power to fire problem officers are currently underway. But Times reporter Libor Jany has spent the last few months traveling around L.A. to see what residents want in a chief and assess the political pressure at play as Bass makes her choice: California Fierce competition for LAPD interim chief is like ‘Game of Thrones,’ insiders say An interim Los Angeles police chief could be named as early as Tuesday, and sources say the search to find a temporary successor for outgoing leader Michel Moore has set off intense jockeying within the department.

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New LAPD chief says people aren’t calling the police enough — and that needs to change
1 month, 1 week ago

New LAPD chief says people aren’t calling the police enough — and that needs to change

LA Times  

Jim McDonnell is sworn in as the 59th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday. “But the perception of the public is based on a number of different things, and one of those things, I think, is that they would say reported crime is down because people don’t have confidence that anything is going to be done.” That …

Incoming LAPD chief could make more than the U.S. president
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Incoming LAPD chief could make more than the U.S. president

LA Times  

Jim McDonnell speaks after being introduced by Mayor Karen Bass to serve as the new LAPD chief during a news conference at City Hall on Oct. 4. The incoming Los Angeles Police Department chief stands to get paid more than L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, the leaders of the police departments in New York and Chicago — the nation’s two largest …

What type of LAPD chief will Jim McDonnell be? Clues may lie in the past
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What type of LAPD chief will Jim McDonnell be? Clues may lie in the past

LA Times  

Jim McDonnell is greeted by Mayor Karen Bass during a news conference Oct. 4 at City Hall after being introduced as the next LAPD chief. Greg Yates, a longtime civil rights lawyer, said he was “cautiously optimistic” given how McDonnell helped orchestrate the department’s post-Rampart turnaround. McDonnell’s toughest questioning came from Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, who cast the only “no” vote, …

Los Angeles’ next police chief is Jim McDonnell, a reformer and former sheriff
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Los Angeles’ next police chief is Jim McDonnell, a reformer and former sheriff

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: Jim McDonnell is chosen as the new LAPD chief The vacancy atop Los Angeles law enforcement was filled Friday morning after a months-long search. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass announced the hiring of Jim McDonnell as the new chief of the Los …

Los Angeles mayor picks ex-sheriff to be city’s police chief
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Los Angeles mayor picks ex-sheriff to be city’s police chief

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell has been selected to lead the Los Angeles Police Department, taking charge of the force of nearly 9,000 officers as discontent grows among the city’s residents over public safety even as violent crime numbers drop, the mayor announced Friday. A report released by Bass last month detailing her meetings with hundreds …

L.A. mayor selects longtime lawman Jim McDonnell as city’s next police chief
2 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. mayor selects longtime lawman Jim McDonnell as city’s next police chief

LA Times  

Jim McDonnell and Mayor Karen Bass arrive at a news conference to introduce McDonnell as the new LAPD chief at City Hall. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass selected Jim McDonnell to serve as the city’s next police chief Friday, ending a months-long search process and ushering in a new era for one of the country’s largest police departments. The Los …

Editorial: Mayor Bass’ caution shows in her pick of Jim McDonnell as LAPD chief
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: Mayor Bass’ caution shows in her pick of Jim McDonnell as LAPD chief

LA Times  

Jim McDonnell speaks during a news conference at City Hall on Friday after being introduced by Mayor Karen Bass as the new LAPD chief. In selecting Jim McDonnell as the next Los Angeles police chief, Mayor Karen Bass zeroed in on crime prevention and underplayed her career-long critique of policing culture. McDonnell said the city and policing have “been through …

Former British police officer chosen to lead LAPD watchdog
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Former British police officer chosen to lead LAPD watchdog

LA Times  

Members of the Los Angeles Police Commission during a meeting at LAPD Headquarters. Django Sibley, a former police officer in the United Kingdom, was named executive director of the Los Angeles Police Commission. Two likely finalists spotted at mayor’s mansion Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she intends to pick the city’s next police chief by the end of the …

Who’s the next LAPD chief? Two likely finalists spotted at mayor’s mansion
3 months ago

Who’s the next LAPD chief? Two likely finalists spotted at mayor’s mansion

LA Times  

Mayor Karen Bass said she would conduct a nationwide search for the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, but in the end it seems she found three finalists close to home. Deputy Chief Emada Tingirides and Robert “Bobby” Arcos, a former LAPD assistant chief who works in the L.A. County district attorney’s office, were seen arriving at Getty …

L.A. Mayor Bass to make LAPD chief pick this month
3 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. Mayor Bass to make LAPD chief pick this month

LA Times  

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Wednesday that she intends to pick the city’s next police chief by the end of the month, but declined for now to name the finalists that were forwarded to her office two weeks ago. I think I need to be sensitive to that.” Asked whether she would give a breakdown of whether the finalists …

Police Commission forwards three LAPD chief finalists’ names for mayor’s consideration
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Police Commission forwards three LAPD chief finalists’ names for mayor’s consideration

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Commission has forwarded the names of three finalists for LAPD chief to Mayor Karen Bass — but like much else about the search process, the identities of the front-runners have been kept a secret. Among the outside executives who received second interviews, according to sources, were Jim McDonnell, a one-time LAPD assistant chief and former Los …

Editorial: L.A.’s next police chief must be able to recognize — and squash — crime trends quickly
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: L.A.’s next police chief must be able to recognize — and squash — crime trends quickly

LA Times  

Crime trends in Los Angeles tend to begin quickly and spin out of control before being eclipsed by the next criminal phenomenon. And crucially, it needs a leader with the vision, skill and persuasive power to redirect officers who too often are focused on fighting crime trends with decades-old approaches and by rolling back hard-won reforms — for example misdemeanor …

LAPD chief candidate field narrows to about 10, a mix of outsiders and insiders
5 months, 1 week ago

LAPD chief candidate field narrows to about 10, a mix of outsiders and insiders

LA Times  

Passionae Martin is all smiles walking back to her seat after receiving her diploma during the graduation ceremony for her recruit class at the Los Angeles Police Academy on May 3. Among them is Jim McDonnell, a one-time LAPD assistant chief and former Los Angeles County Sheriff, whose name has circulated around LAPD headquarters and City Hall for months as …

How many people applied to be LAPD chief? Details on the hiring process remain secret
5 months, 2 weeks ago

How many people applied to be LAPD chief? Details on the hiring process remain secret

LA Times  

Dominic Choi is named interim chief of the LAPD on Feb. 7 at City Hall. Interviews for the position of Los Angeles Police Department chief began weeks ago, but city officials have not said exactly how many candidates have applied. Those who have confirmed to The Times that they have applied or intended to apply include Assistant Chief Blake Chow, …

Who should be the next LAPD chief? Public shrugs as city asks for input
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Who should be the next LAPD chief? Public shrugs as city asks for input

LA Times  

Not long after LAPD Chief Michel Moore announced his retirement in January, the guessing game started up at department headquarters about who would replace him. They argued that it would take too long for an outsider to get up to speed on the department’s history and the dynamics of a city as vast and diverse as L.A. Others said they …

‘Never happened before’: Key oversight officials leave as LAPD searches for chief
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Never happened before’: Key oversight officials leave as LAPD searches for chief

LA Times  

Richard Tefank, left, former executive director of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, seated beside then-LAPD Chief William J. Bratton at a commission meeting in 2007. The current inspector general, Mark Smith, was named Monday as an independent monitor to oversee police reforms in Portland, Ore. Another top oversight official, Richard Tefank, who served as executive director for the …

LAPD interim chief Dominic Choi: Quiet reformer or ‘Michel Moore 2.0’?
8 months, 1 week ago

LAPD interim chief Dominic Choi: Quiet reformer or ‘Michel Moore 2.0’?

LA Times  

Dominic Choi, center, who was then an assistant LAPD chief, stands with Mayor Karen Bass and L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna at a news conference last year at City Hall in Los Angeles. Eric Rose, a media strategist and former LAPD reserve officer, said the “Michel Moore 2.0” comparisons are unfair to Choi. Some within the department also questioned Choi …

How getting ‘jacked up’ by police helped shape the LAPD’s chief watchdog
9 months ago

How getting ‘jacked up’ by police helped shape the LAPD’s chief watchdog

LA Times  

Since taking over as president of the Los Angeles Police Commission in August, Erroll Southers has drawn praise — and some criticism — for his stewardship of the civilian agency charged with oversight of the city’s Police Department. He sat down with The Times in his office on the first floor of LAPD headquarters earlier this month to reflect on …

Who will be L.A.’s next police chief? City hires headhunter firm to lead search
9 months ago

Who will be L.A.’s next police chief? City hires headhunter firm to lead search

LA Times  

LAPD interim Chief Dominic H. Choi shakes hands with Mayor Karen Bass after he was named to the position at City Hall on Feb. 7. To hire the city’s next top cop, Los Angeles officials have turned to the same firm that helped pick former LAPD Chief William J. Bratton more than two decades ago. The search process will include …

Editorial: Bass has been quietly steering needed change in LAPD leadership
10 months ago

Editorial: Bass has been quietly steering needed change in LAPD leadership

LA Times  

Just over a year ago, it appeared as if new Mayor Karen Bass had blown a rare opportunity to remake the Los Angeles Police Department. A Police Commission stocked with her predecessor’s appointees fast-tracked the reappointment of Chief Michel Moore to a second five-year term. Opinion Editorial: With Chief Moore on the way out, Mayor Bass should remake LAPD The …

Mayor Bass faces choice for next LAPD chief: Hire from within or bring in an outsider
10 months, 1 week ago

Mayor Bass faces choice for next LAPD chief: Hire from within or bring in an outsider

LA Times  

New LAPD interim Chief Dominic H. Choi shakes hands with Mayor Karen Bass after being named to the position at City Hall on Feb. 7 in Los Angeles. Last week, the the LAPD’s civilian oversight commission appointed assistant chief Dominic Choi to take over on an interim basis for Moore, who spent the last 5½ years as the city’s top …

Opinion: Before Los Angeles gets a new police chief, here’s what we need to know
10 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Before Los Angeles gets a new police chief, here’s what we need to know

LA Times  

The next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department will need to be a turnaround wizard. Having dealt with nine LAPD chiefs, scores of command staff and officers, more than 30 members of the commission, four inspectors general and six Los Angeles mayors, I’ve seen the best of the department and the worst. That same year, in a survey conducted …

The LAPD has an Asian American chief for the first time. He's the son of Korean immigrants
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The LAPD has an Asian American chief for the first time. He's the son of Korean immigrants

Hindustan Times  

LOS ANGELES — An Asian American assistant chief was named interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday, taking charge of a force that mostly has been led by white men. Choi will be the interim chief as the mayor and police commission spend the next six to nine months searching for a permanent replacement — among the …

The LAPD has an Asian American chief for the first time. He’s the son of Korean immigrants
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The LAPD has an Asian American chief for the first time. He’s the son of Korean immigrants

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — An Asian American assistant chief was named interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday, taking charge of a force that mostly has been led by white men. Choi will be the interim chief as the mayor and police commission spend the next six to nine months searching for a permanent replacement — among the …

Dominic Choi picked as interim LAPD chief to replace departing Moore
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Dominic Choi picked as interim LAPD chief to replace departing Moore

LA Times  

The city of Los Angeles will have a new top cop, if only for the next six or so months. 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. …

Fierce competition for LAPD interim chief is like ‘Game of Thrones,’ insiders say
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fierce competition for LAPD interim chief is like ‘Game of Thrones,’ insiders say

LA Times  

An interim Los Angeles police chief could be named as early as this week, as city decision-makers are beginning to feel the crunch of picking a temporary successor for outgoing leader Michel Moore, who is set to depart at the end of the month. “Then there are lots of personnel issues, there’ll be discipline issues, potentially promotions that the chief …

As the city searches for a new LAPD chief, lack of women leaders becomes more apparent
10 months, 3 weeks ago

As the city searches for a new LAPD chief, lack of women leaders becomes more apparent

LA Times  

A ceremony for promotions last July at Los Angeles Police Department headquarters included a rare sight: a female commander. “These positions and experience build proficiency and confidence for officers to go to the next level of leadership.” The LAPD is facing the same problems recruiting and retaining women as other U.S. police forces, and that has severely shrunk the pool …

Column: LAPD’s Michel Moore is (finally) leaving. Here’s what L.A. needs in a new chief
11 months, 1 week ago

Column: LAPD’s Michel Moore is (finally) leaving. Here’s what L.A. needs in a new chief

LA Times  

A month ago, not long after the news broke about Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore supposedly ordering a probe of Mayor Karen Bass’ scholarship to USC, a group of Black religious and civic leaders gathered at a church in South L.A. to make some demands. We’re asking that the L.A. Police Commission to immediately remove him.” Afterward, Tulloss told …

LAPD Chief Michel Moore to step down at end of February
11 months, 1 week ago

LAPD Chief Michel Moore to step down at end of February

LA Times  

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announced Friday that he will step down as head of the LAPD at the end of February, with city and department officials expected soon to begin the process of finding a new leader to take over one of the most challenging jobs in law enforcement. “It has been my distinct honor and privilege to …

Editorial: With Chief Moore on the way out, Mayor Bass should remake LAPD
11 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: With Chief Moore on the way out, Mayor Bass should remake LAPD

LA Times  

In the more than five years since Michel Moore became Los Angeles’ chief of police, this city has endured a global pandemic, public health lockdowns, protests and riots over the murder of George Floyd, heated debates over the purpose and proper methods of policing, an uptick and then plunge in homicides, concerns about retail theft. Moore’s announcement Friday afternoon that …

L.A. council members want to give the police chief more power to fire officers for misconduct
1 year, 10 months ago

L.A. council members want to give the police chief more power to fire officers for misconduct

LA Times  

LAPD Chief Michel Moore speaks at a news conference in November. Two members of the Los Angeles City Council called Friday for an overhaul of the Police Department’s disciplinary process, one that would enhance the police chief’s power to fire officers and scale back the involvement of civilians in disciplinary hearings. “ It’s not holding police officers accountable.” Friday’s proposal …

LAPD Chief Michel Moore receives second term
1 year, 10 months ago

LAPD Chief Michel Moore receives second term

LA Times  

L.A. Police Chief Michel Moore, right, in October 2020. The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday reappointed Chief Michel Moore to a second term as head of one of the nation’s largest police departments. In a letter sent to the commission on Monday, Bass, who took office in December and campaigned on the promise of bringing more police accountability and …

Editorial: LAPD Chief Moore says he won’t serve a full second term. L.A. needs to hear more
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: LAPD Chief Moore says he won’t serve a full second term. L.A. needs to hear more

LA Times  

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore’s first term as chief ends in June and he has asked for a second. If Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore’s request for a second term is granted, he doesn’t plan to serve the full five-year term. Serving the full five years would mean that Moore’s tenure would outlast newly elected Mayor Karen Bass’ …

LAPD chief backtracks after saying he has ‘full support’ of Mayor Karen Bass
1 year, 11 months ago

LAPD chief backtracks after saying he has ‘full support’ of Mayor Karen Bass

LA Times  

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore apologized Tuesday after sending an email that described his bid for a second term and suggested he has the backing of Mayor Karen Bass. “I look forward to continuing detailed discussions with the mayor on her vision for a safer Los Angeles as well as specific strategies and measures of effectiveness as I pursue …

Editorial: Don’t rush a decision on LAPD Chief Michel Moore’s reappointment
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: Don’t rush a decision on LAPD Chief Michel Moore’s reappointment

LA Times  

Reappointing, or declining to reappoint, Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore may be the most consequential decision city leaders make. So the public statement from commission President William Briggs II that the city and the department “will greatly benefit from continued stewardship of a critical component of public safety,” and Briggs’ statement to a Times reporter that the commission would …

Hire officers? Abolish the police? L.A.’s election reveals deep divisions over the LAPD
2 years, 1 month ago

Hire officers? Abolish the police? L.A.’s election reveals deep divisions over the LAPD

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and his opponent, Hugo Soto-Martinez, have sharply different views on police spending. O’Farrell also noted that Soto-Martinez listed himself as an abolitionist, someone who favors “abolition of police and the prison industrial complex,” on a questionnaire submitted to the L.A. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. “That is naive and it’s dangerous.” O’Farrell, …

Miami taps Houston’s top cop for police chief post
3 years, 9 months ago

Miami taps Houston’s top cop for police chief post

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief who forged a national profile by calling for gun control, marching with protesters after George Floyd’s death and criticizing former President Donald Trump, is taking the top job in the Miami Police Department, officials said Monday. “We went out and got what I feel is America’s best chief,” said Miami Mayor Francis …

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