BPD Detective Jeff Lamoureaux is 2011 Rex Andrews Recipient

Burbank Police detective Jeff Lamoureaux was awarded this year’s Rex Andrews Police Scholar award at the Burbank Noon Rotary club’s July 19 meeting.  The award is given each year to a full-time, sworn officer of the Burbank Police Department who has completed at least 6 semester units (or the equivalent in quarter units) of college credit while maintaining at least a 3.0 grade point average. 

Lamoureaux has been with the Burbank Police Department since 2002, and achieved the rank of detective last year.  He completed his Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from Woodbury University.  He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Adminstration.  Lamoureaux attended John Muir Jr. High and Burbank High School.  He and his wife Melissa, who was present at the ceremony, have two daughters, ages 5 and 7, and two dogs.

The award consists of a certificate, a cash stipend of $1,000, and a perpetual plaque maintained at the Police Department.

Rex Andrews was a highly respected chief of the Burbank Police Department beginning in the mid-1950s, and also a Rotarian.  He was one of the first police administrators to recognize the benefit of formal education for police officers, and to encourage a commitment to education along with professionalism and integrity.