LAMONT VERNON
Chief Security Officer
As Chief Security Officer, LaMont Vernon oversees Product Security, Uniformed
Police and Physical Security Branches for the Government Publishing Office. He is also
responsible for developing and managing the following comprehensive security
programs: security/law enforcement, antiterrorism/force protection, physical,
personnel, industrial, information and supply chain security to ensure secure
printing materials, products, and waste is handled properly.
Biography
Vernon brings 26 years of security, law enforcement and antiterrorism/force
protection experience to GPO. Vernon joined GPO as Director of Security in 2006
and has implemented Random Antiterrorism Measures and Operation “Night Owl”
that drew praise by Metropolitan Police Department and North of Massachusetts
Avenue Business Improvement District for reducing the crime rate around GPO.
In 2008, he oversaw the security operation for the Presidential Inauguration Day
Ticket Production; and the physical security requirements for the issuance of the
Presidential Inaugural Law Enforcement Credential produced at GPO.
He began his career as a Security Specialist in the United States Air Force in February
1985. Vernon held every major security discipline in the Air Force and was promoted
to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and retired in March of 2005. As a Special Agent
with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, he provided sophisticated surveillance
detection and antiterrorism measures to protect against threats to Department of
Defense Facilities in the National Capital Region
He has a Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Park
University; and graduated from the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy at
the Air University.