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.

By Elizabeth Chou/Los Angeles Public Press This article was first published by the nonprofit newsroom LA Public Press on Oct. 29, and is republished here with permission. When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

Jim 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,

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.

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.

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

New LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell was scheduled to be sworn in on Thursday. Goldberg's birthday episode also included the return of the Wind Machine of Chaos and her face on a giant wheel of cheese. A risqué remark from The View’s Whoopi Goldberg prompted cohost Sara Haines to walk off set during a segment on the Nov.