Jim McDonnell - Former LA County Sheriff

Former police official Jim McDonnell will be the guest speaker at Wilshire Rotary Club’s Wed., Nov. 1 meeting at noon at The Ebell Club.

McDonnell, a veteran leader of the Los Angeles Police Dept. and subsequently Los Angeles County Sheriff after being chief of the Long Beach Police Dept., will speak on his current post as director of the Safe Communities Institute at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.

McDonnell brings more than 40 years of public safety experience to the school’s Safe Communities Institute. He is the first person to serve in senior executive leadership roles in the three largest policing agencies in Los Angeles County.  

McDonnell began his career with the LAPD, where he served for 29 years and held every rank up to first assistant chief of police. 

He worked a wide variety of assignments, including homicide, gangs, organized crime, vice and patrol operations.