Jim McDonnell — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Current Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department since November 8, 2024.
Served as Sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from 2014–2018, the largest in the US.
Chief of Police in Long Beach, California from 2010–2014.
Spent 28 years in the Los Angeles Police Department (1981–2010), holding every rank except Chief of Police.
Helped implement community-based policing and the Compstat computer crime-mapping system at LAPD.
Holds a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the University of Southern California.

Biography

James McDonnell is an American law enforcement officer who has been the 59th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department since November 8, 2024. Prior to this, he was elected as L.A.

County's 32nd sheriff on November 4, 2014, leading the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the largest in the US, until his defeat for re-election in 2018. He also served as the Chief of Police in Long Beach, California from 2010–2014.