Police commissioner

Former LAPD chief Bill Bratton has publicly warned LA mayoral candidate Nithya Raman against her campaign pledge to remove current Police Chief Jim McDonnell, whose term runs through 2030. Bratton, credited with reforming the LAPD and later leading police departments in Boston and New York, said ousting McDonnell could trigger a "mass exodus" from the force and called the move political posturing. He also criticized reports that Raman might replace McDonnell with George Gascón, the former LA County district attorney who lost reelection in 2024. Raman, aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, has wavered on the issue but has not disavowed her stance, drawing contrast with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's decision to retain NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.