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    Dominic Choi picked as interim LAPD chief to replace departing Michel Moore

    LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles will have a new top cop, if only for the next six or so months. Three weeks after Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said he will step down at the end of February, the city's Police Commission announced Wednesday that Assistant Chief Dominic Choi would take over as interim chief effective March 1. Choi was selected in a unanimous vote by the ...
    by Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times Feb 07, 2024 5 minutes
    From left, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Dominic Choi, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during an August 2023 press conference held at City Hall in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles will have a new top cop, if only for the next six or so months.

    Three weeks after Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said he will step down at the end of February, the city's Police Commission announced Wednesday that Assistant Chief Dominic Choi would take over as interim chief effective March 1. Choi was selected in a unanimous vote by the five-member commission.

    The assignment is expected to last only until mid-summer, while a nationwide search is conducted to find a more permanent replacement. Choi becomes the 58th chief in the LAPD's history, and the first of Asian descent.

    At a news conference that followed the commission meeting, Mayor Karen Bass introduced Choi, lauding the 28-year LAPD veteran for

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