[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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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