LOCAL CHP CHIEF HAS EXPERIENCE, STYLE.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer LANCASTER -- The Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley has a new California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. chief. Capt. Tom Carmichael, a 27-year CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan veteran, took over Thursday as the Lancaster-based station commander. Carmichael comes to Lancaster from the Coachella Valley Coachella Valley (kō'əchĕl`ə), arid region, SE Calif., N of the Salton Sea. Water is brought into the region by artesian wells and by the Coachella Canal (123 mi/198 km long), a branch of the All-American Canal built between 1938 and , where he spent 1 1/2 years commanding the CHP's Indio station. He was lieutenant commander of the CHP's Arrowhead arrowhead, any plant of the genus Sagittaria, widely distributed marsh or aquatic herbs of the primitive family Alismataceae (water-plantain family). The name derives from the arrowhead-shaped leaves of many species. station in Running Springs before that. Carmichael, 50, replaces Capt. Nick Norton, who had been the Antelope Valley's station commander since January 2006. Norton was named to a Coastal Division Special Services command post, where he'll oversee multiple operations including vehicle theft, air operations and commercial vehicle inspections. Carmichael's background includes three years as an instructor at the CHP's West Sacramento Academy, and two years heading a multiagency auto-theft interdiction INTERDICTION, civil law. A legal restraint upon a person incapable of managing his estate, because of mental incapacity, from signing any deed or doing any act to his own prejudice, without the consent of his curator or interdictor. 2. detail in Riverside County. He also led a Victorville-based multiagency drug task force for six years. His CHP career began in East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. where he served as an officer for seven years before being promoted to sergeant. Carmichael believes experience to be his greatest asset. "I'm bringing that experience with me, and hopefully it will benefit me as a commander, this station and ultimately the community," Carmichael said. Carmichael's performance at Indio drew praise from acting commander Lt. Rich Stewart, who cited his former boss's attention to detail and laid-back management style to be among the qualities that made him an effective leader. "He's a seasoned investigator and a very effective manager," Stewart said. "He does a great job of developing people and getting the most out of them. "He has high expectations for everyone, and he very clearly states what those expectations are." Carmichael, a father of four, will commute TO COMMUTE. To substitute one punishment in the place of another. For example, if a man be sentenced to be hung, the executive may, in some states, commute his punishment to that of imprisonment. to Lancaster from his Victorville home. His previous visits to the Antelope Valley have come as a soccer dad, watching his daughters Sarah and Rose play at Lancaster National Soccer Complex. His son, Brandon, and daughter Julia are his other children. Carmichael said he liked what he saw in his first day on the job at the Antelope Valley station, and he expects a smooth transition to his new job. "I'm very impressed by personnel in this office," Carmichael said. "They're very professional, and they seem to take pride in living and serving the community. That's what's unique about smaller operations like this." gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Capt. Tom Carmichael, a 27-year CHP veteran, took over Thursday as the Lancaster- based station commander. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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