New Communications Director?

We assume this is Rahm's pick, but what's a "communications director" for the police department?

• Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's senior press secretary announced today she is leaving Los Angeles for her native Chicago to be the communications director for that city's police department.

  Sarah Hamilton will step down from the Los Angeles mayor's staff on Friday. She will start her new job in mid-August.

Are we creating spots again? And how many hundred thousand is this job worth?