Eve Irvine, who became the first female police chief in Manhattan Beach in 2011, has been tapped to make history again as the first woman to lead the Torrance Police Department, the South Bay’s largest municipal law enforcement agency.
Torrance City Manager LeRoy Jackson said Irvine, one of four finalists for the vacant police chief job, had accepted an offer from the city. All that remains is a background check, which typically takes a couple of weeks but is expected to be largely a formality.