THERE'S NO RUNNING FROM THE LAW OFFICERS SHOW GRIT, SHERIFF EXHAUSTED IN GRUELING RACE.Byline: Daily News 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. County Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. was hospitalized in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. on Sunday after showing signs of exhaustion and dehydration while running in the Baker-to-Vegas Relay Race. Baca, who will be 60 on May 12, said he felt ill after completing his 6.4-mile leg in the race at about 8:30 a.m. The grueling 120-mile relay through the desert to Las Vegas involves law enforcement officers from 140 agencies throughout the world, including hundreds of runners and supporters from 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. and Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . Officials said Baca was alert and lucid, and he was admitted to the hospital as a precautionary measure. ``He's fine, just dehydrated de·hy·drate v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). . He'll probably get released Monday,'' added Steve Whitmore, the sheriff's lead spokesman. ``He's in good shape. He runs between seven and eight miles a day.'' Whitmore said Baca may have experienced travel fatigue - having flown from Los Angeles to Phoenix to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to Las Vegas between Friday and Sunday, in addition to driving to Baker and running in the race. Officer Jack Richter, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department who has run in the desert relay race, called the event brutal and said it is common for some runners to experience exhaustion. ``Regardless of your condition, it's very, very tough,'' Richter said. ``Sometimes you are running in snow, sometimes in temperatures over 100 degrees, sometimes in the desert and sometimes in the mountains, depending on the leg you are assigned.'' Baca, who is the first Latino sheriff of Los Angeles County in more than 100 years, won re-election to a second term in March. Some sheriff's deputies ran in the race particularly to honor their fallen comrade, Deputy Jake Kuredjian, who was gunned down Aug. 31 while backing up federal agents serving a warrant in the Santa Clarita area. CAPTION(S): 6 photos Photo: (1) Runners from 140 law-enforcement agencies take off in the Mojave Desert for a 120-mile relay race to Las Vegas. (2 -- 4) Officer Sal Venegas of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood crosses the finish line Sunday in Las Vegas, top left. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca needs some water after personally racing in the desert for his department's team. At left, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Mary Dyer hands off to Devonshire colleague Melissa Rossin at a checkpoint. (5 -- 6) Trevin Grant of the LAPD Foothill team, above, cools off with a wet towel on his head while West Valley California Highway Patrolman Warren Stanley wipes the sweat from his face Sunday after a 120-mile relay race. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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