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Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration
This Martin Luther King Day, the Los Angeles Police Department hosted its
First Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration at USC’s
Town & Gown. The breakfast, conceived by Chief William Bratton, was
more than a tribute to King’s life as an influential civil rights
leader, but a reflection upon LAPD’s ongoing efforts to enhance police-community
relations.
Guests from the community, LAPD personnel, the Board of Directors of the
Los Angeles Police Foundation, city elected officials, and the LAPD Explorers
joined together in this mutually beneficial dialogue that reflects the “emerging
new relationship between the LAPD and the city’s African American
community,” said Chief Bratton.
LAPF Board Chairman, Jim Wiatt, with Chief William
J. Bratton and Councilmember Jack Weiss.
Songhai Miguda-Armstead, Deputy City Attorney for the
City of Los Angeles with Chief Bratton.
Lt. Fred Booker, Chief Bratton and Assistant Chief
Earl Paysinger take a moment to pose with journalist, author and broadcaster
Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
Chief Bratton and Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger honoring
filmmaker Pierre Bagley after showing his documentary at the MLK Breakfast
on January 19th.
Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger pictured here with event
keynote speaker, columnist and orator, Bishop Noel Jones.
A highlight from the affair featured a 22-minute documentary created especially
for this event by filmmaker, Pierre Bagley. The film addressed how King’s
vision paved the way for great strides in civil rights and also provided
attendants with a candid illustration of the history of LAPD-African-American
relations.
The breakfast was generously paid for through LAPF Board Members Gene Hale
and Eddie Kislinger, while the Foundation granted $35,000 toward the making
of the documentary film shown at the event.
True Blue Gala
October 2008
On the evening of October 4th the Los Angeles Police Foundation hosted its 9th Annual True Blue gala at Paramount Studios. This red carpet event provided guests with the opportunity to interact with LAPD officers while engaging in demonstrations from several LAPD Specialized Units. Hands-on LAPD exhibits offered guests a chance to participate in such items as the Force Option Training Simulator and a T3 Electric Vehicle course. Guests also enjoyed an extensive live and silent auction, as well as live entertainment throughout the night.
In the evening’s program, Officers Julia Peat and Joseph Marrone were presented with Crystal Angel Awards for their outstanding work with the Juvenile Impact Program, a paramilitary style intervention camp for at risk youth. Speeches delivered by Chief Bratton, Mayor Villaraigosa and the evening’s honoree, television and film producer, Jerry Bruckheimer continued to elaborate on the impressive and crucial work of the LAPD.
Mayor Villaraigosa was on hand to congratulate Crystal Angel recipients, police officers Joseph Marrone and Julia Peat for their time and dedication to at-risk youth in the LAPD’s Juvenile Impact Program.
LAPD’s T-3 Electric vehicles offered a
Fun hands-on experience for many of the evening’s attendees.
Film and Television Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer was honored for his positive portrayal of law enforcement in his many film and T.V. productions.
(pictured from left to right, Karen Wagener, President, L.A. Police Foundation, Chief William Bratton, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Jim Wiatt, CEO, William Morris Agency and Chairman of the Board, L.A. Police Foundation).
Fine wines and other quality items were offered in the silent auction
Thanks to the hard work of co-chairs Jim Wiatt and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the event raised $1.1 million.
A very special thanks to all of our sponsors who made it all possible:
Five-Star Sponsor:
Disney Studios
Four Star Sponsors:
Bloom, Hergott, Diemer, Rosenthal, LaVioette & Feldman, LLP/Jake Bloom
CBS
Paramount Studios
Target
Three Star Sponsors:
Bank of America
Creative Artists Agency
Fox Entertainment Group
GUESS?, Inc.
Raytheon
Relativity Media
Jane and Terry Semel
Sony Pictures
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg & David Geffen
Wallis Foundation and Jeff Glassman
Warner Brothers Television
William Morris Agency
Two Star Sponsors:
1011 Foundation – The Kotick Family
JJ Abrams and Katie McGrath
Adele and Beny Alagem
AEG
Allied Barton Security
Margot & Mark Armbruster
AT&T
Colleen and Bradley Bell
Breslauer, Rutman & Anderson
Charles Dunn Company
CORE Real Estate Holdings
Greif & Co.
Imagine Entertainment
Interscope Records
J.P. Morgan
Legendary Pictures
Nancy and Howard Marks
Cindy Miscikowski and Doug Ring
Resmark Equity Partners
Karee and Howard Rowen
Christina and Mark Siegel
Sloan Foundation
Union Bank
Universal
Cathy Waterman and Eddie Kislinger
Wells Fargo
One Star Sponsors:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Central City East Association
City National Bank
Kelly and Robert Day
Deloitte
Lauren and Richard Donner
G&C Equipment/Gene Hale
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
John F. Hotchkis
John Wells Productions
Sandra and Jim Kohn
Los Angeles Police Command Officers Association
Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union
Paula Kent Meehan
Megatoys
Michael Meyer
Mike Stenson/Melissa and Chad Oman
Milken Family Foundation
Motorola
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Jeffrey P. Neu
Occidental Petroleum
Official Police Garage Association
Stephanie and Charles Roven
Lenny Sands
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Sykes Family Foundation
The Rogers Group
UCLA Health System
United Talent Agency
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks
Advertisers:
Diedre and Larry Gordon
HBO
Jami and Nikolaus Heidegger
Johnnie Walker/Diageo
Lightray Productions
Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation
Paradigm
Thomas Properties Group
UPS
Western Badge & Trophy
Josephine and Scott L. Adair/ London & Company, LLP
The Shabtay Family
Contributors:
Margaret Balck and John Ptak
Robin and Elliot Broidy
Kimberly Brooks
Nancy Goodson
Marc Gurvitz
Dean Hansell
Jami Heidegger
Joan and David Hill
Irene Hymanson
Robert Lorsch
Joseph Lyons
Los Angeles Police Relief Association
Margaret Lech-Loubet and Pierre Loubet
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Resnick Fmaily Foundation
George Shapiro
Janet Schulman
SCN Corp.
Roberta Weintraub
Attorney general sues charities
For many years telemarketers have alleged to be raising funds for law enforcement. This has created confusion and has probably diverted funding from legitimate organizations such as the Los Angeles Police Foundation. The attached article is great news, indicating that the state and federal governments are cracking down and eliminating these bogus fundraisers. read article >
2008 Annual LAPD Women’s Leadership Conference
October 2008
Honoree, actress Angie Dickinson, spoke on playing the role of Sergeant “Pepper” Anderson in the 1970s crime drama “Police Woman,” the first successful policewoman character on television.
Conference guests lined up at a book signing of “Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion,” after a powerful talk on the making of the book from its authors, Susan Hagen and Mary Carouba.
On Wednesday October 29th, the Los Angeles Police Foundation partnered with AT&T to sponsor the 2008 LAPD Women’s Leadership Conference at the Universal Hilton for over 1,000 attendees. The annual conference is open to all LAPD female personnel with the mission to develop the skills of LAPD women, by imparting knowledge through vision, to enhance their promotability, offer career opportunities and empower them to be successful in various aspects of their lives.
Diverse LAPD groups exhibited informational booths including the Los Angeles Women Police Officer’s Association, Los Angeles Police Autism Support Group, and many others. Guests enjoyed a rich program of discussion panels and speakers hosted by Mistress of Ceremonies Michaela Pereira, co-anchor of the KTLA Channel 5 Morning News.
Among the speakers were Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Chief William Bratton, Commissioner Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Assistant Chief Sharon Papa, and Rikki Klieman who introduced the conference’s special honoree, Angie Dickinson.
Angie Dickinson, a Golden Globe-award winning television and film actress starred in the 1970s crime drama, “Police Woman,” as Sergeant Suzanne “Pepper” Anderson, the first successful female TV police officer.
A moving talk and slideshow was also delivered by co-authors of “Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion,” Susan Hagen and Mary Carouba. The two women shared their story of how they were inspired to acknowledge women who responded the 9/11 terrorist attacks after reacting to the noticeable absence of women in the media portrayals of the rescue workers at the World Trade Center.
Tiki Beach Bash
August 2008
Thank you to everyone who showed their support to the Police Foundation’s Juvenile Impact Program at the Labor Day Weekend Tiki Beach Bash at Gladstone’s in Malibu!
A very special thanks to Gladstone’s Restaurant who catered a 3-course buffet on the beach.
Guests enjoyed Hawaiian dancing performance and instruction from the Ohana Polynesia dance group.
The night ended with a magnificent fireworks display.
2006 Record Year for Grants Awarded by
the Police Foundation
Since the Police Foundation was founded in 1998, it has awarded more than 200 hundred grants to the Los Angeles Police Department. This year was a very exciting year because the Foundation received a record number of grant requests, 88 in all. Of those 88 58 were approved and there are still 12 pending approval. Of the 58 approved, the Foundation has funded 68% and it is anticipated the remainder will be funded within the first quarter of 2007.
The majority of the grants were for training, youth programs, technology, community relations and equipment. The number of training requests nearly doubled and requests for youth programs tripled.
The Police Foundation is the largest private funding source for LAPD and all this is made possible by your support and generous donations.
We sincerely thank you and look forward to partnering a continued partnership and for a safer city and a stronger Department.
No Discount Here: Target Gives $200K
for LAPD Program
July 2008
(Pictured from Left to Right, Karen Wagener, LAPF President, Bryan Nagel, Director of Assets Protection for the Target Corporation and William Bratton, Chief of Police.)
Retail giant Target Corp. has donated $200,000 to pay for a new software program that’s expected to help the Los Angles Police Department (LAPD) track crime reports and other data on a real-time basis, giving officials of the agency timely and accurate information as they figure assignments of personnel and other resources.
The program is called the Citywide Crime and Resources Dashboard, and will be financed with the grant from Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Target Corp., which operates the Target discount retail stores and other chains. The retailer made the grant to the Los Angeles Police Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides various forms of support to LAPD. The project is part of the “Target & Blue” program, which includes other links between the retailer and various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, according to Bryan Nagel, director of assets protection for Target.
Analysts at the LAPD Regional Crime Center will use the program to monitor such data as the number of police officers on duty, their various assignments, levels of demand for service, and any emergencies that arise, among other conditions. The data will be compared to various benchmarks, allowing analysts and commanders to adjust assignments accordingly, according to LAPD officials.
Nagel said that Target has dedicated 5% of its income to various charitable and community efforts since it began operations in 1962.
LAPD Chief William Bratton said he hopes that the new program funded by the retailer’s latest donation will pay precious dividends on the streets of the city.
“This partnership is a major step in our collective efforts to ensure public safety in the Los Angeles region, and I look forward to a long and successful Target & Blue partnership aimed at our bottom line, which is fewer victims.”
E-Policing, New Web-based Resource
Intent on working with residents to strengthen Los Angeles communities, LAPD launched an E-policing program as part of the LAPD website overhaul funded by the Los Angeles Police Foundation. It is LAPD’s intent to use E-policing as a vehicle for mass communication with the residents of Los Angeles.
This form of community-based policing via the Web allows the Department to release critical information to vast audiences in a more-timely manger. E-policing is a two-way form of communication that could have a major impact on crime reduction through newsletters, crime alerts and public notices, all sent by e-mail. This method of communication will allow LAPD to inform the public when crimes occur, what to look out for and how to remain safe.
E-policing raises the bar with limitless capabilities for instant, widespread communication. LAPD is confident this technology will allow officers to work more efficiently and improve communication with Los Angeles residents and businesses. Current methods for communication are limited to monthly publication cycles and community meeting schedules.
Additionally, with E-policing LAPD can customize messages to target audiences. For instance, if a business-specific crime trend hit Ventura Boulevard, LAPD could narrow its circulation to business owners in the relevant area. E-policing might also lessen the intimidation factor often associated with face-to-face crime reporting, as users may report crimes without leaving home.
The LAPD is looking at other ways to use E-policing which include distribution of information during citywide emergencies or disasters.
To sign up for E-policing in your neighborhood go to www.lapdcrimemaps.org.
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