LANCASTER — Lancaster Public Safety Director Rodrick Armalin chose a career in law enforcement after growing up in a household with a single mother and two older sisters.
“They just really instilled in me, especially my mom, the value of service,” Armalin, a self-proclaimed “proponent of girl power,” said.
Armalin, a US Air Force veteran, served 32 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department before retiring from the department with the rank of captain. He then served two years as chief of police for the City of Sierra Madre. The city, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley, has a population of about 11,000 people. There are no drive-thru restaurants and no traffic lights.
After a couple of years in Sierra Madre, Armalin…
