Posted: March 22, 2001
Source: Los Angeles VA Police Department
The Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Police assisted U.S. Secret Service and other agencies in providing uniform police presence for Mexican President Vicente Fox and California Governor Gray Davis on 03/22/01.
Mexican President Fox and Calif. Gov. Davis visited the Los Angeles area to attend several meetings. The dignitaries left the area by bording several military helicopters that had landed earlier in the day at a helicopter pad located at the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Los Angeles, Ca. The Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Police was assigned protection duties in securing the landing area and providing traffic control for the motorcade. Mexican President Fox and Calif. Gov. Davis arrived at the landing area under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service and the Calif. Highway Patrol.
VA-SRT Police Sgt. Ables and VA-SRT Officer Bitting provided interior protection for the landing area, while VA-SRT Officers Keith, Gaines, Cotes, and VA Officers Brannon and Esters provided traffic control and exterior protection to the landing area. While exiting the motorcade, Calif. Gov. Davis stopped and thanked Sgt. Ables and Officer Bitting for their assistance in the protection detail. All dignitaries then entered the helicopters and left the area without incident.
