LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Monday that, if appointed for a second term as the city's top cop, he would serve for two or three years before turning the department over to a new chief ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.
In an interview with the Times, Moore said he wanted more time to finish the job he started when he took over the department in 2018, echoing a letter he sent to the Los Angeles Police Commission late last month formally requesting reappointment. The board has begun a review of the chief's performance to decide whether to offer him another five-year term.
Moore expressed a desire to continue reforms on use of force and diversity but said he wanted to avoid a "haphazard" transition in the build-up to the Olympics, which would start soon after a full second term would expire. He said he would spend the next few years laying the groundwork for a succession plan in the department's upper echelons.
