Southers quits LAX post

Erroll Southers announced Monday that he will step down as assistant police chief at LAX by the end of March, just two months after he withdrew his nomination to head the Transportation Security Administration. Art Marroquin in the Daily News.

Southers, a former FBI agent, has served two years as assistant chief of intelligence and emergency operations for Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that operates Los Angeles International Airport.

He said he plans to enter the private sector as a security consultant and expand his teaching duties at USC's National Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis for Terrorism Events (CREATE).