TRIBUTE TO DETECTIVE SHANNON GEANEY--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE YEAR; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 46
(Extensions of Remarks - March 10, 2020)
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TRIBUTE TO DETECTIVE SHANNON GEANEY--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN
OF THE YEAR
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HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF
of california
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Detective
Shannon Geaney of Hollywood, California.
Detective Shannon Geaney is an exemplary career public servant. She
served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps and has over two
decades of service with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
During her time in the Marine Corps, Shannon faced an inconceivable
challenge during the initial years of the Global War on Terrorism, when
she served as the Officer in Charge of the forward deployed Casualty
Assistance and Hospital Liaison Teams in the hospitals tending to the
injured, ill and deceased Marines being evacuated from Afghanistan and
Iraq. Major Shannon Geaney's information management database and
processes were so effective that the Department of Defense adapted and
implemented it as the Defense Casualty Information Processing System.
Since her return to the LAPD in 2004, Detective Geaney has been a
leader and worked on numerous issues with the LAPD. She tackled the
issue of homelessness by volunteering to begin a unit to strategically
and successfully address the issue; the unit is now known as
Hollywood's Coordinated Outreach Resource and Enforcement (CORE) Unit.
Detective Geaney spearheaded the design of the Archangel Critical Asset
Management System that identifies and protects critical infrastructure
and key resources in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The system's
overarching goal is to defend likely targets against terrorist attacks
through inter-agency/departmental cooperation and coordination. In
addition, Shannon worked for a decade as a member of the Los Angeles
Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, where by her
immersion into the disturbing world of child sexual exploitation, she
saved thousands of innocent victims with a nearly 100 percent
conviction rate on the search warrants and arrests effected by the task
force. Last year in 2019, Shannon was promoted to Detective III at the
Hollywood Division and placed in charge of both the CORE Unit and the
Narcotics Enforcement Detail, whose cooperative strategy was due in
part to Detective Geaney's innovation and candid assessment of the
convergence of mental illness and addiction as a dominant factor in the
homeless crisis.
Detective Geaney is a remarkable role model, and proud resident of
the community in which she serves. She is a member of The American
Legion Hollywood Post 43 and volunteers with the non-profit
organization, Arts Bridging the Gap which creates murals through
curriculum that offers arts enrichment for youth in under-served areas.
These community art pieces are sources of pride to the community and
help foster connections between the youth and police officers.
I ask all Members to join me in honoring this exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Detective
Shannon Geaney.
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