Long Beach officials made an excellent decision when they chose Jim McDonnell as their city’s 25th Chief of Police. This is tremendous recognition of Chief McDonnell’s 28 years of dedicated service and accomplishments at LAPD, and we think it also says something about how the LAPD is viewed as the gold standard for professionalism in the greater law enforcement community these days.

Chief McDonnell’s well-deserved reputation for respectful policing and effective outreach to diverse communities made him the right choice for Long Beach. We look for great things to happen there under his leadership. While we hate for him to leave our Department, we understand this is a great career opportunity for him and also foresee increased cooperation between our two departments.

On behalf of the entire membership of the LAPPL, thanks, Chief McDonnell, for your support and friendship over many years, and our best wishes for your continued success.