{"id":2350855,"date":"2024-10-04T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bass-taps-former-la-county-sheriff-jim-mcdonnell-as-next-lapd-chief-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T15:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:12:37","slug":"bass-taps-former-la-county-sheriff-jim-mcdonnell-as-next-lapd-chief-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bass-taps-former-la-county-sheriff-jim-mcdonnell-as-next-lapd-chief-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bass taps former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as next LAPD chief &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbass-taps-former-la-county-sheriff-jim-mcdonnell-as-next-lapd-chief-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2350855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On October 4, 2024,\u2064 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass \u200cannounced the appointment \u2064of Jim McDonnell as the new Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). McDonnell, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-releases-new-photos-of-bidens-growing-crisis-in-del-rio-has-reached-a-boiling-point\/\" title=\"Congressman Releases New Photos Of Biden\u2019s Growing Crisis In Del Rio: \u2018Has Reached A Boiling Point\u2019\">seasoned law enforcement officer<\/a> with extensive \u2064experience in \u200bthe LAPD, previously served as the Los Angeles \u200cCounty Sheriff from 2014 until losing reelection in\u200b 2018. He is known as a &#8220;leader, innovator, and change maker,&#8221; and Bass\u2062 lauded their shared vision for transforming the LAPD and reducing crime in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a commitment to a national search\u200c for a new \u200cchief, McDonnell&#8217;s \u2064long history\u2062 within the LAPD, where he rose through the ranks for 28 years to become the \u2064first assistant \u200bchief, made him a compelling candidate. He had previously applied for \u200bthe \u2063chief position twice unsuccessfully. Mayor Bass emphasized the importance of crime\u200d prevention and accountability in McDonnell&#8217;s \u2063new role, highlighting the challenges ahead, including addressing police staffing and community relations as\u200d LAPD navigates a new \u2063era under his leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Karen Bass taps former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as next LAPD chief<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730636\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Los Angeles<\/a> Mayor Karen Bass selected on Friday former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell to head the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Los Angeles Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Bass made the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MayorOfLA\/status\/1842231957566177393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announcement<\/a> during a press conference heralding the new police chief as &ldquo;a leader, an innovator, and a change maker.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m appointing Chief McDonell because he and I have aligned in our desire to change the direction of Los Angeles by preventing crime in the first place, responding urgently when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-border-state-unveils-intelligence-hub-to-target-cartels\/\" title=\"Mexican Border State Unveils Intelligence Hub to Target Cartels\">crime takes place<\/a>, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">hold people accountable<\/a> and bring down crime,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Though Bass said her &ldquo;national search&rdquo; for a new police chief stemmed from a desire &ldquo;to take LA in a new direction&rdquo; and &ldquo;transform&rdquo; the LAPD, McDonnell is a longtime department insider. He spent decades rising the LAPD ranks before ascending to his newest role, which he previously applied for twice unsuccessfully.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leader. Innovator. Change maker.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I announced my selection of Jim McDonnell to serve as the next Chief of the LAPD.<\/p>\n<p>We will strengthen and grow the Department.<br \/>We will build on relationships with communities.<br \/>We will ensure L.A. is vigilant and prepared for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SCfJHHkWvX\">pic.twitter.com\/SCfJHHkWvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA\/status\/1842239748976615541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After working with the LAPD for 28 years and achieving the rank of first assistant chief under Chief William J. Bratton, McDonnell most recently became the LA County Sheriff in 2014, though he lost his 2018 reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>The new police chief will face a myriad of challenges. Although Bass has said she wants to boost law enforcement levels significantly in California&rsquo;s most populated city,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapd.com\/article\/lapd%E2%80%99s-recruiting-woes-laid-bare-only-30-officers-class-analysis-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> data<\/a> show the LAPD is struggling to regroup from record-low recruitment levels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, introduces newly appointed police Chief Jim McDonnell during a news conference on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, crime and record levels of homelessness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3008422\/crime-is-getting-worse-in-los-angeles-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>continue<\/a> to plague the city. Los Angeles has experienced only a slight drop in homelessness after Bass poured more than $250 million into efforts targeting the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Now, McDonnell will head the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lockdown-blamed-in-part-for-philadelphia-rise-in-gun-violence\/\" title=\"Lockdown blamed in part for Philadelphia rise in gun violence\">law enforcement response<\/a> to laws pertaining to homelessness and crime. His new status as chief follows former LAPD Chief Michel Moore&rsquo;s decision to leave the position earlier this year after 42 years in the police force.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For months, Bass has searched for Moore&rsquo;s replacement, deciding on McDonnell out of a pool of three finalists recommended by the civilian Police Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The LA City Council is still required to confirm McDonnell. However, its full approval is expected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730636\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730636\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Bass appoints ex-Sheriff Jim McDonnell as LAPD chief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2350857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jim-McDonnell.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10115,14928,36585,28751],"class_list":["post-2350855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bass","tag-lapd","tag-los-angeles","tag-mcdonnell"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jim-McDonnell.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}