Chief Dino Sgambellone

MOWW News:

In recognition of National Emergency Preparedness Month, The Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) featured speaker Tuesday Sept. 20 is Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone.

Chief Sgambellone began his Law Enforcement Career in 1991 in his hometown of Mansfield, Ohio. After rising through the ranks to Chief of Police in Mansfield, he retired and accepted the Chief’s position in Los Alamos.

While at Los Alamos, the Community has achieved record low crime and the department has become nationally accredited. The Chief has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business and a PhD in Public Safety.

This month’s meeting is returning to the Los Alamos Research Park 2nd floor conference room. The Los Alamos Research Park building is west of the South Mesa Fire Station. Parking is available east of the fire station, accessible from the southbound lane of the Los Alamos Canyon Bridge, or east of the Research Park building, access is through the LANL control stations to West Jemez Road.

Entrance to the Research Park main conference room is from the ground level by use of the ground level elevator on the east side of the building to the 2nd level.

The meeting will begin with a social period at 6 p.m. followed by a brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. The presentation is scheduled to begin about 7:15 p.m.

The Military Order of the World Wars meetings are open to interested citizens for the dinner and program with RSVP, or the program only at no cost. The cost for dinner is $25. Call Robert Hull at 505.328.1502 for reservations. A reservation is a commitment to pay. Dinner is scheduled to be enchiladas with appropriate sides.

Because of the ongoing COVID situation, the meeting is a hybrid session including Zoom. Zoom will start at about 6:25 p.m. Zoom details will be in the reminder email on the Sunday before the meeting.