A mere 12 hours after his general election victory, D.C. Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty Wednesday launched his formal transition by naming his chief of staff and promising swift action on other leadership positions, from the police chief on down.

“I think you can expect for us to move as quickly as possible,” Fenty said. “We’re not going to do anything knee-jerk. I think that would be the opposite of over-deliberation and it would be just as bad, but we want to do it in a timely fashion.”