Jim McDonnell, the former sheriff of Los Angeles County, will join the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy as director of the Safe Communities Institute (SCI).
McDonnell brings more than 40 years of public safety experience to the school’s Safe Communities Institute, which advances public safety solutions. He is the first person to serve in senior executive leadership roles in the three largest policing agencies in Los Angeles County: the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD); the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD); and the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD). Read the full release.