LOS ANGELES AIRPORT POLICE SWEARS IN NINE NEW LEADERS: TWO CAPTAINS, TWO LIEUTENANTS AND FIVE SERGEANTS

            Two Los Angeles Airport Police lieutenants, Tyrone Stallings and Carolyn Smith; two sergeants, Joaquin Mendez and Fernando Castro; and five officers, Loretta Jones, John Hernandez, Jose Lozano, Harvey Coleman and John Lopez will be sworn in as new captains, lieutenants and sergeants, respectively, on Tuesday, June 1.

            Los Angeles Airport Police Chief George R. Centeno, along with Assistant Chiefs Frank Fabrega and Brian A. Walker, will swear-in the new leaders before family, friends and other police personnel at a ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. in the Los Angeles World Airports Clifton A. Moore Administration Building, 1 World Way,Los AngelesCalif.

            Stallings, with 18 years, most recently assigned as Acting Commanding Officer over the Homeland Security Section, will remain in that section as captain. Smith, with 28 years, is currently assigned to the Internal Affairs Section and will be reassigned to the Patrol Services Section as captain.  Mendez, with 18 years, is currently assigned as the Patrol Services Section day-shift watch commander and will remain in that position.  Castro, with 23 years, currently assigned to the Internal Affairs Section, will transfer to the Patrol Services Section as the night-shift watch commander. 

            Jones, with nine years, assigned to the Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis Unit; Hernandez, with 20 years, assigned to the Motors Units; Lozano, with 7 years, assigned to the Range Unit; and Coleman, with 11 years, assigned to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit,  will all be reassigned to the Patrol Services Section.  Lopez, with 7 years, will remain in his current assignment in the Patrol Services Section. 

         The Los Angeles Airport Police Division is the fourth largest law enforcement agency  in Los AngelesCounty with more than 1,200 law enforcement, security and staff personnel.   Airport Police is a division of Los Angeles World Airports, the City department that owns and  operates three airports in Southern California:  Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario  International (ONT) and Van Nuys (general aviation).