| Community: #LASD - Malibu Search & Rescue Reserve LA Sheriff Deputies Earn Mountain Rescue Assn. Heroism Award Dear Pepperdine Libboard, LASD Malibu Search and Rescue Reserve Deputies Receive Conspicuous Heroism Awards from the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) - (Reserve Forces Bureau & Lost Hills Station) Three members of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Malibu Search and Rescue Team, received Awards on July 7, 2015, for Conspicuous Heroism from the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA), the preeminent mountain rescue certifying organization in the United States. The awards were for their life saving efforts to rescue four hikers who were stranded on a rock in a rushing river during a torrential rainstorm in early 2014. The rescue occurred at Malibu Creek State Park in Malibu, California, and was detailed in the following news articles. The rescuers are all Reserve Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies with a combined 59 years of mountain rescue experience. Two of them are lawyers and one is a doctor. Stranded California hikers rescued from floodwaters (NY Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/stranded-california-hikers-rescued-floodwaters-article-1.1708038[nydailynews.com] Long Beach hikers trapped by waters at Malibu Creek State Park rescued (Daily News) http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140302/long-beach-hikers-trapped-by-waters-at-malibu-creek-state-park-rescued[dailynews.com] LASD News Release by: Written by: David Katz, Reserve Captain Malibu Search and Rescue Team Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department 310-880-3304 Forwarded by: Ryan Rouzan, Deputy Sheriff's Information Bureau - Newsroom Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 323-267-4800 Email: SIBNewsroom@lasd.org Website: http://www.lasd.org Follow us at: Text and Emails, LASD HQ: http://www.Nixle.com http://nixle.com/lasd----hq-newsroom-sib-los-angeles-county-sheriff/ Twitter: @LASDHQ http://twitter.com/LASDHQ Twitter: @LASDtalk https://twitter.com/LASDTalk Twitter: @LASDvideos https://twitter.com/LASDvideos Twitter: @LASDespanol https://twitter.com/LASDespanol Facebook LASD HQ: http://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesCountySheriffsDepartment Instagram LASD Photos: http://instagram.com/LASDHQ Pinterest LASD Photos : http://pinterest.com/lacountysheriff/ YouTube LASD Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/LACountySheriff/videos?view=0 Alert LA County: Telephone emergency mass notification system http://www.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/alertla SNAP LA County: Specific Needs Disaster Voluntary Registry http://snap.lacounty.gov/ Text & Email, Register for LASD Nixle messages: To receive more detailed, up-to-date information via E-MAIL and/or TEXT directly from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), sign up for "Nixle" alerts at http://www.Nixle.com and register for "LASD – Headquarters Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff" AND your local LASD station area. Or, to receive URGENT TEXT ALERTS ONLY, text your zip code to 888777. Standard text messaging rates may apply depending on your calling plan. "If You See Something, Say Something" LA Crime Stoppers: Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local Sheriff’s station. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org Jim McDonnell, Sheriff Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department For full details, view this message on the web. | 
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