Los Angeles mayor picks exsheriff to be citys new police chief

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(4 Oct 2024) • RESTRICTION SUMMARY: • • ASSOCIATED PRESS • Los Angeles - 04 October 2024 • 1. Incoming LAPD chief Jim McDonnell enters the press conference with Mayor Karen Bass • 2. The logo for the city of Los Angeles • 3. McDonnell watches the mayor speak • 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles: • To reduce crime and make LA safer, by growing and strengthening the LAPD, building up community relations, and ensuring that our city is prepared, I have selected Jim McDonnell to serve as the 59th Chief of Police of the Los Angeles department. • 5. Various exteriors of the LAPD headquarters • 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim McDonnell, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department: • I still have gas in the tank, fire in the belly, if you will, and a desire to be able to try and be helpful. And hopefully I can take the experience that I have and be able to work with the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department to be able to be a model if you will, for the rest of the nation on what can be done. And a big part of that is community engagement. • 7. The flag for the city of Los Angeles • 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim McDonnell, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department: • We've been through a very rough period of time and we're looking to move past that. The way to move past that is to re-engage with the community in a different way maybe than we have traditionally- one that we talk about partnership, collaboration, transparency, inclusion. One that we can work together with our communities to make them safer. • 9. The mayor and new police chief leave the press conference • STORYLINE: • A former county sheriff has been selected to lead the Los Angeles Police Department, taking charge of the nation's third-largest police force. • • Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday the appointment of Jim McDonnell and said her choice was based on making Los Angeles safer. • • The news follows the surprise retirement of Chief Michel Moore, whose tenure was marked by greater scrutiny into excessive force and police killings of civilians in the nation’s second-largest city. • • A civilian board of Los Angeles police commissioners selected McDonnell out of three final candidates. He rose to second-in-command during his 29 years at the police department and served as chief of the Long Beach Police Department. • • =========================================================== • • Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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