Rand to Begin Efforts to Improve LAX Security
The city’s Airport Commission voted unanimously Monday to award the Rand Corp. a $900,000 contract to research security enhancements at Los Angeles International Airport.
The Santa Monica nonprofit will work to implement recommendations it made 13 months ago. These include moving travelers more quickly from lobbies and sidewalks -- where they are more at risk of a bomb attack -- into the more secure gate areas.
The firm will also research how to screen private vehicles before they enter the airport.
“While this contract is nine months long, expect us to move much quicker than that,” said Jim Ritchie, an LAX official.
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