A celebration was held this morning for Jim McDonnell, the new police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.  McDonnell was sworn in during a private ceremony last week, but Thursday’s ceremony would be a public event.

Mayor Karen Bass swore in the city’s new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Jim McDonnell, at a morning ceremony Thursday, Nov. 14 at Elysian Park Academy near downtown as his wife Kathy looked on — and even adjusted his chief’s hat. He becomes the 59th chief of the LAPD.

McDonnell is the first person to serve in senior executive leadership positions in three of the largest policing agencies in Los Angeles County: the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles Police Department,

The City Council today confirmed former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as the 59th chief of the LAPD, the nation’s third-largest law enforcement agency, despite opposition from some immigrant rights advocates and other activists.

In a ceremonial formality, Mayor Karen Bass wore in former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as the 59th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The Los Angeles City Council will consider approving Mayor Karen Bass’s nomination, former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, as the successor to lead the LAPD.

Mayor Karen Bass sore in former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as the 59th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday morning.