洛杉矶市长之争聚焦警察局长去留：拉曼称若当选将更换麦克唐纳尔，巴斯警告恐冲击奥运安保
洛杉矶市长选举将于11月3日投票，选战进入最后三周。现任市长凯伦·巴斯与市议员、挑战者尼蒂亚·拉曼围绕洛杉矶警察局局长吉姆·麦克唐纳尔的去留问题展开激烈交锋。
麦克唐纳尔自2024年11月起担任洛杉矶警察局局长，任期至2030年。拉曼此前曾公开承诺，若当选市长将撤换麦克唐纳尔。但在10月10日播出的ABC7访谈中，她的说法出现反复。拉曼在接受记者马克·布朗采访时表示，更换警察局长“不在我的百日议程上”，她的百日议程是“重建执法部门与公众之间的信任”；同时她又称麦克唐纳尔“没有抓住当下的关键时刻”，并表示“我认为他的任期到2030年结束，据我所知，到那时我会考虑任命一位新局长”。
当布朗追问巴斯此前的警告——即在2028年洛杉矶奥运会前撤换警察局长可能是灾难性的——拉曼的立场明显软化，称这些都是她“现在正在思考、未来会权衡考量的事情”。
然而在10日晚间《加州邮报》要求澄清时，拉曼又给出了不同的时间表。她表示：“麦克唐纳尔局长是巴斯市长的警察局长。我已经明确表示，我会寻找一位能保障洛杉矶市民安全、重建与移民社区信任的局长。”她承诺将与警察委员会和洛杉矶警察局指挥层合作，实现“谨慎、有序的过渡”，“麦克唐纳尔局长的任期在2030年结束，我预计会在那之前更换他”。
这场风波的起因是拉曼竞选团队此前发布的一段现已删除的竞选视频。视频中出现“只有你能阻止法西斯骗子”的字样，麦克唐纳尔的面部照片上被打上巨大的红色叉号。巴斯公开批评这段视频“不负责任”，称市长的首要职责是保障城市安全；麦克唐纳尔本人也通过NBC洛杉矶分部回应称“令人失望”，并透露在2025年6月的移民执法抗议骚乱中，有52名警察受伤。
与此同时，有关前洛杉矶县地区检察官乔治·加斯康可能接任警察局长的传言也在市政厅内外流传。多位执法与政界消息人士告诉《纽约邮报》，加斯康的名字已在市政厅和一线警员中被提及。拉曼表示，她不知道这些传言从何而来，也不认识加斯康本人。
这一人事传闻引发执法界强烈反弹。曾任洛杉矶市议员、资深警员的丹尼斯·辛警告，任命加斯康可能导致警队出现大规模离职潮。市议员特雷西·帕克也表示，领导层与指挥层的任命“绝对会直接影响”警局本已紧张的人手状况。洛杉矶警察保护联盟董事会则在一份声明中称，拉曼的公共安全计划“似乎就是任命47号提案的起草者乔治·加斯康担任我们的警察局长”。
值得注意的是，麦克唐纳尔2024年11月上任时，拉曼曾投票赞成巴斯对他的任命。任内洛杉矶凶杀案数量降至1966年以来最低水平。
（消息来源：《纽约邮报》10月10日、10月12日报道；ABC7；《加州邮报》）
LA Mayoral Race Turns on Police Chief's Future: Raman Says She Would Replace McDonnell; Bass Warns of Olympic Security Risks
With the Los Angeles mayoral election set for November 3, the race has entered its final three weeks, and incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and challenger Councilwoman Nithya Raman are clashing over the future of LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
McDonnell has led the Los Angeles Police Department since November 2024, with his term running through 2030. Raman had previously pledged publicly to replace McDonnell if elected mayor. But in an ABC7 interview that aired October 10, her message shifted. Speaking with reporter Marc Brown, Raman said replacing the chief was "not on my 100-day agenda," adding that her 100-day agenda was "restoring trust with our law enforcement and the public." At the same time, she said McDonnell had "not met this moment" and added, "I believe his term goes through 2030, if I'm not mistaken, and at that point I think I would be looking to appoint a new chief."
When Brown pressed her about Bass's warning that removing the chief ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics could be disastrous, Raman softened her stance, saying those were things she was "thinking about now" and would "weigh and consider" going forward.
But when The California Post asked for clarification on Saturday evening, Raman offered a different timeline. "Chief McDonnell is Mayor Bass's police chief. I have made it clear that I would seek a chief who can keep Angelenos safe and restore trust with our immigrant communities," she said. She pledged to work with the Police Commission and LAPD command staff on a "careful, orderly transition," adding, "Chief McDonnell's term ends in 2030 and I would expect to replace him prior to that."
The dispute began with a since-deleted campaign video from Raman's team bearing the words "Only you can stop fascist liars," with a large red X drawn across McDonnell's face. Bass publicly called the video "irresponsible," saying a mayor's number one job is keeping the city safe. McDonnell told NBC Los Angeles he was "disappointed," and disclosed that 52 officers were injured during the June 2025 immigration-enforcement protests.
Meanwhile, rumors that former Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón could succeed McDonnell have circulated inside City Hall and among rank-and-file officers. Multiple law enforcement and political sources told the New York Post his name has come up. Raman said she did not know where the rumors originated and does not know Gascón personally.
The prospect has drawn strong pushback from law enforcement. Dennis Zine, a former city councilman and longtime LAPD officer, warned that appointing Gascón could trigger a mass exodus from the department. Councilwoman Traci Park said decisions on leadership "will absolutely directly impact" the department's already strained staffing. The Los Angeles Police Protective League's board of directors charged in a statement that Raman's public safety plan "consists of appointing the author of Proposition 47, George Gascón, to be our Chief of Police."
Notably, Raman voted to approve Bass's appointment of McDonnell in November 2024. Under his tenure, homicides in Los Angeles have fallen to their lowest level since 1966.
(Sources: New York Post, October 10 and 12; ABC7; The California Post)
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