Los Alamitos Police
Department Announces Promotions
The
Los Alamitos Police Department is excited to announce the promotions of two of
its personnel.
Sergeant
Rick Moore will be promoted to the rank of Police Captain, and will serve as
the Support Services Division Commander having direct supervision and
management of the Department’s Records Bureau, Property and Evidence, Emergency
Services, and Animal Control.
Corporal
Kain Gallaugher will be promoted to the position of Police Sergeant and will
serve as a patrol watch commander with direct supervision of a team of
officers. A proficient firearms expert,
once promoted, Corporal Gallaugher will also be given the ancillary assignment
of supervising firearms training and qualifications for all sworn personnel.
Rick
Moore, who has been with the Police Department since 2000, has worked as a watch
commander, patrol officer, detective, and in an administrative capacity in
which he coordinated the training of personnel, facilitated the pre-employment
process for new officers, and was the City’s coordinator for emergency
preparedness. Rick has also been a field
training officer, and is a former member of the West County SWAT team. Moore was the Los Alamitos Officer of the Year
in 2004.
Kain
Gallaugher, a 9-year veteran of the police department, began his law
enforcement career when he became a Los Alamitos Police Officer in 2006. After working as a patrol officer, Kain served
four years as the department’s motorcycle officer, tasked with traffic
enforcement, accident investigation, and traffic safety education. Kain has held ancillary assignments as a
field training officer, member of the Serious Traffic Accident Response (STAR)
team, and member of the West County SWAT team.
Gallaugher was the Los Alamitos Officer of the Year in 2011.
An
Oath of Allegiance ceremony will take place in the Los Alamitos City Council
Chambers on Monday, August 10, 2015 at 4:30 PM.
Contact:
Captain Bruce McAlpine
(562)
431-2255, extension 420
