Split pea soup and burgers will be back on the menu at the LAPD Academy, probably by the end of the year. ... down to details like the hat clips attached to the stools that line the U-shaped counter.

Mayor Karen Bass swore in the city’s new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Jim McDonnell, at a morning ceremony Thursday, Nov. 14 at Elysian Park Academy near downtown as his wife ...

Since then another class graduated from the LAPD academy -- bringing the total number of officers to 8,995, though it will be several months before the newest officers complete field training.

190 recruits graduated from the LAPD academy at Lesion Park between December and June this year, which isn't insignificant but certainly a smaller number than the number of officers retiring monthly.

LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar and Sgt. Robert Quiroz show the less lethal 40mm launcher and foam munition the LAPD has added for crowd control at LAPD Elysian Park Police Academy in Los Angeles on ...

Kathy McDonnell adjusts the hat of on her husband, Jim McDonnell, before a ceremony to swear him in as the new LAPD Chief of Police on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. At left, is Los Angeles Mayor Karen ...

Mayor Karen Bass swore in the city’s new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Jim McDonnell, at a morning ceremony Thursday, Nov. 14 at Elysian Park Academy near downtown as his wife ...

Mayor Karen Bass swore in the city’s new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Jim McDonnell, at a morning ceremony Thursday, Nov. 14 at Elysian Park Academy near downtown as his wife ...

Jim McDonnell arrives at the LAPD Police Academy to be sworn in as the new LAPD Chief on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. McDonnell became the 59th Los Angeles Chief of Police during a ceremony at the ...

Mayor Karen Bass swore in the city’s new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Jim McDonnell, at a morning ceremony Thursday, Nov. 14 at Elysian Park Academy near downtown as his wife Kathy ...