(Los Angeles, California – May 13, 2013)  Twenty-seven officers of the Los Angeles Airport Police Security Access Control (SACU) and Traffic Control (TCU) units have been certified Lead Training Officers.  Airport Police Chief Patrick M. Gannon and Assistant Chief Brian Walker presented the officers with certificates at a recent ceremony held at the Flight Path Learning Center & Museum at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).  The ceremony marked the officers’ completion of an 80-hour Lead Officer Training Program.

(Los Angeles, California – May 7, 2013) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Police Division will host its Second Annual 5K Memorial Run tomorrow, May 8, beginning 7:30 a.m. in front of the Airport Police station at 6320 West 96th Street, Los Angeles. The 5K run will be held in honor of Airport Police Officer Tommy E. Scott, who was killed in the line of duty on April 29, 2005.

(Los Angeles, California – May 9, 2013) Senior officials from federal, state and local law enforcement, military, and airports recently witnessed U.S. Congressmember Janice Hahn (44th District-CA) administer the oath of office to Los Angeles Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon.  The appointment and swearing in of Chief Gannon was celebrated at the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

(Los Angeles, California -- May 8, 2013)  Los Angeles Airport Police officers raised nearly $2,100 from a memorial ride to donate to the Tommy E. Scott Scholarship Fund available to college-bound children of airport employees.  The Third Annual Tommy E. Scott Memorial Ride was held on April 27, in honor of Airport Police Officer Tommy E. Scott, who was killed in the line of duty on April 29, 2005. The procession traveled from the Airport Police station at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Officer Scott’s gravesite in a Forest Lawn cemetery in North Hollywood, and then on to Malibu.