Members of the area Community Police Advisory
Boards (C-PAB), Department command staff, volunteers and dignitaries gathered
on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles for the 2009 Community
Police Advisory Board Summit. The
summit, which was sponsored by the Los Angeles Police Foundation, offers
participants an opportunity to hear from Department brass on the state of the
organization as well as affording them a chance to see how one of the most
technologically advanced facilities in the nation, the Forensic Science Center,
works.
California State
Senator Alex Padilla addressed the congregation and offered his own life
experiences on being an active member of the community and police
supporter. As a former Los Angeles City
Council member and resident of Los Angeles, his rhetoric resonated with the
crowd of community advocates.
After a series of
guest speakers and video presentations, the crowd of 516 participants separated
into 6 Break-Out Groups to participate in six seminar’s that were aimed at
giving them an overview of the Scientific Investigation Division and their new
facility. These seminar’s included:
Crime Scenario; Forensics Firearms, Trace, DNA; Forensics Chemical Processing
and Questioned Documents; Forensics Narcotics and Toxicology; and Department
Response Vehicles.
Community Police
Advisory Boards were created in 1993 by the Christopher Commission to provide
community members an opportunity to provide information and advice to their
respective area and to take information from the Police Department back into
the community. Each of the 21 geographic
areas (community police stations) throughout Los Angeles has its own C-PAB.
For information on
how you can become a member of your local C-PAB, please contact your area
Senior Lead Officer.
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