A celebration will be held this morning for Jim McDonnell, the new police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

In a ceremonial formality, Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday will swear in former L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as 59th chief ...

During Tuesday’s Board of Police Commissioners meeting, LAPD officials reported that applications from 2022 to 2024 rose by 53%, participation in a candidate advancement program increased by 150 ...

Before his nomination McDonnell spent the first 29 years of his career with the LAPD before becoming Chief of Police in Long ...

Pictured following the LAPD swearing in ceremony Oct. 18 in the Magistrate Courtroom are, back row from left, Cmdr. Chris ...

police discipline, pretextual stops, recruitment and low morale, among other topics. According to a LAPD report, McDonnell's nomination may be considered by the City Council as soon as next Friday.

McDonnell will be taking over a department that will deal with major security issues in the coming years as the region hosts the Olympics, a Super Bowl and eight World Cup matches.

Two Los Angeles police officers were injured early Sunday when their patrol car flipped over after being struck by another vehicle, whose driver was arrested, officials said. The crash occurred ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A few months ago, we reported that the Los Angeles Police Department was contemplating ...

There, investigators seized the dozens of pounds of fentanyl and heroin as well as $14,500 in cash, police said. LAPD referenced figures from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for the Los Angeles ...

Family members plan to file a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles after a Southern California father was shot and killed by an off-duty LAPD officer ... a Los Angeles police officer who ...

When her badge and gun are stolen from her car while surfing at Staircase Beach in Malibu early one morning she turns for help to her friend, retired LAPD homicide ... know of any police ...