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Picking a New Chief
Public Meetings for Input

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  Police Commission Announces Meetings Throughout The City
To Obtain Public Input For The Next Chief


PRESS RELEASE


September 2, 2009
 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Just as we predicted there is now a fifth Community Meeting, this one scheduled for September 17 at the Kedren Center (see list below).

LA Community Policing will carefully follow the process of selecting a new LAPD Chief, just as we did in 2002 when William Bratton was chosen. To see how we covered things back then simply click here: Choosing A Chief - 2002 . Below you'll find the just released schedule of community meetings, four this time, designed to help the Police Commission determine what it is the public wishes to see in it's next Chief of Police.

Los Angeles
– In order to hear and understand what the people of Los Angeles would like to see in their next Chief of Police, the Los Angeles Police Commission will be holding community meetings throughout the City. The meetings are as follows:

September 2, 2009 - 6:30 pm

Friendship Auditorium
3201 Riverside Drive
Los Angeles, California 90027

September 3, 2009 - 6:00 pm

Department of Water and Power

Community Auditorium
4030 Crenshaw Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90008

September 9, 2009 - 6:30 pm

Felicia Mahood Senior Center
11338 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90025

September 10, 2009 - 6:30 pm

One Generation

18255 Victory Boulevard
Reseda, California 91335

September 17, 2009 - 6:30 pm

Kedren Center

710 East 111 th Place
Los Angeles, California 90059

“Public input is critical in this process,” stated Police Commission President John Mack. “The next Chief of Police will serve all of the diverse communities of Los Angeles, and it is extremely important that we hear from those communities and know what is important to them.”

There will be two members of the LA Police Commission at each of these meetings, which will be facilitated by Executive Director, Richard Tefank.

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ALSO:

Take the Personnel Department's on-line survey
for what you'd want in a Chief of Police:

www.lacity.org/per

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Tami Catania
Public Information Director


Los Angeles Police Commission
150 North Los Angeles Street, #150
Los Angeles, CA 90012

213 / 473-6390 direct
213 / 485-3531
213 / 847-9944 fax