First Asian American to lead Los Angeles Police Department is appointed interim chief

By STEFANIE DAZIO
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Asian American assistant chief has been named interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. taking charge of a force that mostly has been led by white men. Assistant Chief Dominic H. Choi will take charge of a force that mostly has been led by white men. He was unanimously appointed Wednesday by the civilian Board of Police Commissioners. Choi will be the first Asian American to head the agency when he begins his role on March 1. The appointment follows the surprise retirement of Chief Michel Moore, whose tenure was marked by greater scrutiny into excessive force and police killings of civilians in the nation’s second-largest city.