Central Bureau - Hollenbeck Division . . .

C-PAB Meeting Minutes

Hollenbeck Area
213 / 485-2949 - Main
323 / 526-3188 - Community Relations

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following C-PAB column was also sent to local newspapers and neighborhood council websites including the ELA News, Hillside Village Voice, 90032 Voice, Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council and to Mark Woodsmall, the Hollenbeck C-PAB Co-chair.

News from Hollenbeck C-PAB
by Dave Macpherson

December, 2005

The Community Police Advisory Board for the LAPD Hollenbeck Area provides information for the community from the police and from the community to the officers who serve the area. Today's column will introduce you to a man who is one of the first to become a community volunteer at the Hollenbeck Area Police Station.

Frank Wada. a long-time resident of Lincoln Heights, is recognized as the key person in development of a volunteer patrol car for the Hollenbeck area. With fewer police officers than other major cities, Los Angeles officers are stretched to the limit in responding rapidly to calls for police service. That leaves little time for them to simply patrol the area, watching for vandals, graffiti markers, gang activity or other suspicious activity. Most of the time, officers have more than one call for service awaiting attention.

Frank responded to this need by helping to plan for a volunteer car to patrol the area. Volunteers ride in the car, and call for police assistance with their radio when they observe suspicious activity demanding attention.

Patrolling in the volunteer car is but one of the things that Frank does to assist the officers in the communities served by the Hollenbeck station. He also spends some time at the reception desk at the station, assisting people who come in for service and answering telephone calls. He assists officers in completing reports and performs various clerical activities, freeing officers to engage in responding to requests for police service. he is also a valued member of the Hollenbeck area Community Police Advisory Board. In addition to his volunteer activities, he also holds down a full-time job.

Frank Wada is one of about 45 people who live or work in the area who serve as volunteers in a wide variety of functions and tasks. The functions include crowd control. Uniformed volunteers demonstrate a police presence at community events, parades and such activities as the annual toy give-away at the youth center.

Surveillance of large parking lots by volunteers from nearby buildings, calling by radio for police assistance when they see a suspect looking through cars as if they are going to steal something in the car or as a possible theft of the automobile. Volunteers are also at the station when officers bring in juveniles in a sweep for curfew or truancy violations. They then call the parents to come to the station for their child and counsel with parents and children.

People who live or work in the area including Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno and neighboring communities are invited to apply to become a volunteer at Hollenbeck. For more information or to apply, telephone the volunteer coordinator, Officer Jose Padilla at: (213) 485-7734.   

Dave Macpherson

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Hollenbeck Area
213 / 485-2949 - Main
323 / 526-3188 - Community Relations

Monthly Events:

No monthly events scheduled.

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Hollenbeck Area
213 / 485-2949 - Main
323 / 526-3188 - Communiy Relations

Recurring Events:

Hollenbeck C-PAB (Community-Police Advisiory Board)
Every third Wednesday of the month
Community Room (in the trailers)
Hollenbeck Community Police Station
2111 E. First Street
6:00 pm

The Montecito Heights Neighborhood Watch Group
Every second Wednesday of the month
7:00 p.m.
The Senior Citizen Center
4545 Homer Street
Los Angeles, CA

Opal Street Neighborhood Watch
Every Monday
Resurrection Church
3324 Opal Street
6:00 P.M.
For any further information, please attend the meeting or contact Senior Lead Officer Ruben Rodriguez.

Weekly Community Meeting
Every Monday
Resurrection Church
6:00 p.m.

The El Sereno Coordinating Council Meeting
The last Monday every month
El Sereno Citizen Center
4818 Klamath Place
12:00 p.m.

Monthly Community Meeting
First Tuesday of every month
Purisima Church
7:00 p.m.

LA32 Neighborhood Council
First Wednesday of the month
Senior Citizen Center
4818 Klamath Place
6:00 P.M.

Neighborhood Recovery Program Members Meeting
Every third Wednesday of the month
Palomares Hotel
2201 E. First Street
6:00 p.m.

Targeted Neighborhood Initiative Members Meeting
Every third Thursday of the month
Malabar Public Library
3100 Wabash Street
6:00 p.m.

The Boyle Heights Home Owners Association Meetings
Every first and third Saturday of the month
3510 E. Olympic Boulevard
10:00 a.m.