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For Immediate Release
May 7, 2002 - Los Angeles
Today, the Los Angeles Police Commission selected retired Deputy
Chief Martin
H. Pomeroy to to serve as the temporary Chief until a permanent
Chief is selected later in the year. Chief Pomeroy was chosen from
a group of highly qualified individuals who all represented stellar
careers within the Los Angeles Police Department, either in the
past or present.
Commission President Rick J. Caruso stated, "Martin Pomeroy's
extensive experience in successfully working with the community,
elected officials and employees, made him stand out in a field of
excellent candidates. He exemplifies many of the qualities we would
like to see in a permanent Chief. He is committed to reform and
the civil oversight of this Commission and has the ability to effectively
motivate the troops along with completely understand community needs."
Martin Pomeroy retired as a Deputy Chief from the Los Angeles police
Department in December, 2000. Throughout his career, he held community
policing, problem solving and quality of life issues as priorities
in his approach to law enforcement.
He has a strong track record of establishing goals and executing
strategies to achieve enhanced service to the community.
As a Commanding Officer since 1983, Chief Pomeroy held positions
at Southeast Detective Division, Wilshire Patrol Division, Juvenile
Division, Support Services Bureau, Narcotics Group, Criminal Intelligence
Group, Operations Valley Bureau, and finally at Headquarters Bureau.
In addition, Chief Pomeroy served as the Department's Employee Relations
Administrator.
Chief Pomeroy's career is highlighted with well known accomplishments:
| In 1994,
Chief Pomeroy commanded all LAPD disaster response operations
in the San Fernando Valley following the Northridge earthquake.
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In 1997, he was the senior LAPD on-scene at the North Hollywood
Bank of America robbery and shoot-out. |
In 2000, he was assigned the immense task of negotiating the
Department of Justice Consent Decree on behalf of LAPD. |
In the same year, he also served as the Department Commander
for the Democratic National Convention, which was lauded as
a complete success in terms of public safety. |
While Chief
Pomeroy retired out of state, he will reside in Los Angeles for
the duration of his appointment.
For
additional information, contact:
Tamryn Catania
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to send an email: lapdtkc@aol.com
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