LAWMAN TO LEAVE PALMDALE.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Capt. Joe Hladky will leave his post as commander of the Palmdale sheriff's station effective June 6 for a promotion to the department's custody division in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , city officials announced Friday. Operations Lt. Terry Judge, a former Palmdale councilman, will serve as the acting station captain until a new commander can be named in June, said Palmdale City Manager Bob Toone. ``We are extremely grateful for the headway head·way n. 1. Forward movement or the rate of forward movement, especially of a ship. 2. Progress toward a goal. 3. The clear vertical space beneath a ceiling or archway; clearance. 4. that Capt. Hladky helped us make in our effort to become a full-service station,'' Toone said. ``His dedication was outstanding.'' Hladky was on vacation Friday and could not be reached for comment. Hladky, a Northridge resident who joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. in 1968, became the inaugural captain of the Palmdale sheriff's station Feb. 3, 1997. During his tenure in Palmdale, Hladky oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. the expansion of the station from a 5,000-square-foot facility to a 14,000-square-foot station. The Palmdale station added 87 sworn and 34 civilian personnel to the station over the past 16 months. Still in the works is a larger, permanent station on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling south of Avenue Q, but no date has been set for its construction. The present station is in a leased building in a Palmdale Boulevard shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . Prior to arriving in Palmdale, Hladky served as second in command at the Carson sheriff's station as an operations lieutenant. Hladky's career in the Sheriff's Department has included stints in custody, patrol, information, organized crime, detective services, homicide and field operations. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO (color) Joe Hladky Sheriff's commander |
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