PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Corey O'Connor has announced his pick for the city's next police chief.

A source first told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 on Wednesday that O'Connor would nominate Jason Lando. On Thursday, that nomination became official. Advertisement

"We wanted to name a full-time chief of police immediately, because public safety is a major priority of our administration and also, it's our job to protect our residents," O'Connor said as he introduced Lando. "Chief Lando is somebody that we wanted, somebody that we need right now in the city of Pittsburgh, somebody that cares about the community, understands that policing is not just making arrests and solving crimes, but somebody that believes in community policing, which is something that I believe in. Somebody tha

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