Jim McDonnell, the incoming Los Angeles Police Department chief, stands to get paid more than L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, the leaders of the police departments in New York City and Chicago — the nation’s two largest — and even the U.S. president. The Board of Police Commissioners, the LAPD’s civilian oversight body, has proposed paying McDonnell an annual salary of $507,509 — significantly more than the chief he replaced, Michel Moore. The salary proposal is expected to be discussed at this week’s commission meeting and requires City Council approval, the Los Angeles Times reports.. The compensation is on the high end of the pay range advertised for the position by Bob Murray and Associates, the Northern California firm that led the nationwide chief search. The half-million-dollar figure represents McDonnell’s proposed base salary and doesn’t include benefits or potential bonuses; nor does it encompass any pension payments that he is collecting from his previous law enforcement stops.
The salary is sure to draw resistance, amid broader conversations around police spending during the city’s growing financial woes. Last year, the council approved a four-year package of raises and bonuses for rank-and-file police officers over the objections of critics who said the deal is too expensive and would take away from paying for basic services. City leaders in April signed off on pay increases for the department’s command-level officers, who have a separate union. A senior deputy chief can eventually make an annual salary of $437,937. McDonnell was appointed last month, beating out two other finalists: LAPD deputy chief Emada Tingirides and Robert “Bobby” Arcos, a former assistant chief who works for the L.A County District Attorney’s office. McDonnell last week answered questions from the council's public safety committee about his views on immigration, traffic enforcement and unarmed alternatives to police responses. The committee voted 4-1 to forward his name to the full council this Friday. If confirmed, McDonnell would be sworn in on Nov. 14.
He has for the last several years worked at USC, where he ran the school’s Safe Communities Institute.
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