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Our guest this morning April 8th is Chief Jim McDonnell of the Long Beach Police Department.  Chief McDonnell began his law enforcement career in 1981 as a twenty-one-year-old graduate from the Los Angeles Police Academy. Over nearly three decades, he has held every rank in the LAPD, including First Assistant Chief and second in command to Police Chief Bill Bratton.  He has served as Chief of Police for the city of Long Beach, the second largest city in Los Angeles County, since March, 2010. 

Chief McDonnell is a respected leader in local, state and national law enforcement. He is the immediate past president of the Los Angeles County Police Chiefs' Association, a former president of the California Peace Officers' Association and a board member of the Peace Officers' Association of Los Angeles County.  As an expert on community policing strategies, he has employed his experience collaborating with community leaders in the many diverse neighborhoods across Los Angeles County to enhance community relations and promote safe neighborhoods.  His community policing plan was the foundation of Chief Bill Bratton's efforts to refocus and reform the LAPD. He was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to serve as a member of the California Commission on Peace Officers' Standards & Training and was reappointed to serve a second term by Governor Brown. He is also Chair of the Law Enforcement Advisory Committee for the Anti-Defamation League.  Chief McDonnell works with numerous non-profit organizations that focus on furthering the interests of youth. He was appointed to the U.S. Attorney General's National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence and served in two U.S. Department of Justice National Executive Sessions: the National Executive Session on Law Enforcement & Public Health and the National Executive Session on Police Legitimacy and Racial Reconciliation.  He is dedicated to preventing crime at its roots rather than simply reacting to it.  Under his leadership, violent crime in Long Beach is at an all-time low.  Chief McDonnell holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He is also a graduate of the FBI's National Executive Institute, the Senior Management Institute for Police and has completed executive education programs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

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