Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Nomination of Homer F. Broome, Jr., To Be Administrator.

The President today announced that he will nominate Homer F. Broome, Jr., of Los Angeles, Calif., to be Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). This is a new position created by Public Law 96-157, the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979, which redefines the responsibilities of LEAA and creates the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics.

Broome has been Deputy Administrator of LEAA since 1978.

He was born June 23, 1931, in Los Angeles. He received a B.A. from California State University in 1958 and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University in 1973. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954.

Broome joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1961 and was promoted through the ranks to commander of police. At the time of his appointment to LEAA in 1978, he was commanding officer of the Commission Service Group of the Board of Police Commissioners.