| Lifeguard Awards |
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LACLA awards City of Los Angeles Lifeguards two types of awards for outstanding service or heroism. The first award is the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD and the second is the MEDAL OF VALOR. The following are recent recipients of these awards: | ||
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Distinguished Service Awards Awarded for meritorious service that exemplifies the tradition of service provided by Los Angeles City Lifeguards. | ||||
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2012 TBD |
2011 TBD |
2010 No recipients this year |
2009 Williamson, Rodney Tockstein, Mike Srodon, Bridget Pena, Rick Martinez, Jeff Martinez, Greg Kim, Jimmy Franco, Ricky Carmona, Ruben Carmona, Richard Burk, Gareth Briseno, Randy |
2008 No recipients this year |
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2007 Sandoval, Leo Rincon, Raul Reyes, Angel Orozco, Giannina Murray, April Millett, Zack Lewis, Rachel Kingsbury, Ben Foster, Josh Clemente, Alan Bustillo, Ursula Ayala, Jessica Aguayo, Brian |
2006 Warden, Kevin Villasenor, Jose Nelson, Elisa Amirvafaei, Ashkan |
2005 Tockstein, Mike Rawdin, Carrie Padilla, Art Kim, Jimmy Cortez, Gus Bautista, Jaime |
2004 No recipients this year |
2003 No recipients this year |
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2002 No recipients this year |
2001 Pena, Rick Padilla, Art Lundi, Chris Kopitzke, Jon Kim, Jimmy Halverson, Aaron |
2000 Stratton, Catherine Golgert, Daniel |
1999 Tockstein, Mike Shibatta, Ken Saunders, Orin Reed, Dan Pena, Rick Padilla, Art Gaetani, Luca Craigen, Robin |
1998 Vera, Ricardo Polanco, Otto Perkins, Steve |
Medal of Valor Awarded to lifeguards who act selflessly, in the face of danger, to save, or attempt to save, the life of a member of the public or their fellow lifeguard. No recipients at this time. | ||||






