The Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park sent off 35 recruit officers into their new law enforcement careers on Friday, Aug. 23, as friends and family gathered for their graduation ceremony.

Jim McDonnell arrives at the LAPD Police Academy to be sworn in as the new LAPD Chief on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. McDonnell became the 59th Los Angeles Chief of Police during a ceremony at the ...

Los Angeles Police Department graduates 35 officers at the LAPD Police Academy in Elysian Park on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. The class included 26 LAPD recruits, along with recruits from Los Angeles ...

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 ...