LAX Police Chief Rhambo to Run for L.A. County Sheriff
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Rafu Wire and Staff Reports
LAX Police Chief Cecil W. Rhambo Jr. announced Monday that he will challenge Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva in next year’s election.
Cecil Rhambo Jr.
Rhambo was sworn in as chief of airport police on Nov. 6, 2019. He retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in 2014 at the rank of assistant sheriff. In his 33 years with the Sheriff’s Department, he developed expertise in areas including municipal patrol, emergency management, community partnerships and employee union relations.
As an assistant sheriff, his responsibilities included LA Metro’s rail and bus lines, experience that he said serves him well as Los Angeles World Airports builds an Automated People Mover train system, which will connect to Metro’s regional rail system when completed in 2023.