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12:30pm | Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and City Manager Pat West will host a press conference at 1:00pm today to announce Jim McDonnell as the new Chief of Police. McDonnell is a resident of Long Beach.
McDonnell has served as second in command in the Los Angeles Police Department since 2002, and served within the department for 28 years. He comes to Long Beach on the heels of former LBPD Chief Anthony Batts, who left his longtime position in August 2009 to take the Chief of Police job in Oakland.
There had been some controversy when it was announced in late 2009 that the search for a new LBPD chief would be extended to candidates from outside the force. Many believed that there were qualified candidates within the LBPD.