By Libor Jany
An interim Los Angeles police chief could be named as early as this week, as city decision-makers are beginning to feel the crunch of picking a temporary successor for outgoing leader Michel Moore, who is set to depart at the end of the month.
The Board of Police Commissioners, the LAPD’s civilian policymaking body, is set to discuss the hiring of an interim chief at its regular weekly meeting Tuesday at police headquarters. After hearing from members of the public, the commission will go into closed session for “Discussion and possible Board action” on the matter, according to an agenda posted Friday.
If a decision isn’t announced Tuesday, one almost certainly will be in the coming days as the clock continues to tick on finding a replacement for Moore, who will step down roughly a year into what was set to be his second five-year term. Moore had said he planned to serve for two or three years, and he will remain on as a consultant for the next few months while the city conducts a nationwide search to find a permanent replacement.
The candidate with the most leadership experience is former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell. He has also been away from the department the longest, having left in 2010 to become police chief in Long Beach. Four years later, he was elected sheriff, taking over the largest non-municipal law enforcement agency in the country. He and MacArthur both helped the LAPD implement a consent decree that largely resulted from the Rampart corruption scandal of the late 1990s.
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