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LAPD chief grilled over marked rise in police shootings
Los Angeles Times
|September 06, 2025
After Los Angeles police officers shot at people on three consecutive days late last month, the LAPD's civilian bosses turned to Chief Jim McDonnell for an explanation.
CHIEF Jim McDonnell, seen in July, has defended LAPD tactics during protests.
The Police Commission wanted to know: What more could the department be doing to keep officers from opening fire?
But in his response at the panel's meeting last week, McDonnell seemed to bristle at the notion his officers were too trigger-happy.
“I think what we're seeing is an uptick in the willingness of criminals within the community to assault officers head-on,” he said at the Aug. 26 meeting. “And then officers respond with what they have to do in order to control it.”
The commission has heaped praise on McDonnell for his performance since taking over the department in November. But the exchange over the recent cluster of police shootings — part of an overall increase that has seen officers open fire in 31 incidents this year, up from 20 at the same point in 2024 — marked a rare point of contention.
Commission Vice President Rasha Gerges Shields told the chief that she and her colleagues remained “troubled by the dealings of people both with edged weapons — knives, other things like that — and also those who are in the midst of a mental health crisis.”
During a radio appearance earlier this year, the chief brushed aside questions about shootings, saying officers are often put into dangerous situations where they have no choice but to open fire in order to protect themselves or the public.
“That is something that’s part of the job, unfortunately,” he said. “It’s largely out of the control of the officer and the department as far as exposure to those types of threats.”
Such remarks have left some longtime observers worried that the department is backsliding to the days when department leaders tolerated pervasive and excessive use of force. McDonnell’s defense of aggressive tactics during this summer’s pro-immigration protests, critics argue, sends a dangerous message to the rank-and-file.
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