Police Commission President Andrea Ordin said she attended the Asian Pacific Forum with Commissioner Richard Drooyan. She said it was well attended with a significant panel discussion and excellent questions from the community.
Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger said there was a Use of Force incident that took place in the Pacific Division area over the weekend which garnered significant media attention. He said the Department will investigate the incident in a diligent and comprehensive manner and present its findings to the Commission at a later date. Chief Paysinger also expressed his condolences to the family and colleagues of KABC photographer Artie Williams III who passed away suddenly over the weekend. He completed his report by expressing his gratitude and friendship towards Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon who is set to retire from the Department in two weeks.
The Department’s verbal presentation and discussion relative to the Community Partnership in Policing with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, was given by Captain Phillip Tingirides. Captain Tingirides informed the Board the purpose of the project was to reduce violent crime in housing projects. The project included housing developments in Jordan Downs, Nickerson Gardens, Ramona Gardens and Imperial Courts. Captain Tingirides said as a result of the program violent crime was down 65% in Jordan Downs, 41% in Nickerson Gardens, 40% in Imperial Courts and 32% in the Watts area as a whole. He stressed to the Commission this was accomplished by going into these communities, creating relationships with residents and getting people to trust and talk to the police.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant application award for the 2012 Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Grant, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
The Department’s report, dated August 17, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant application for the 2012 Forensic Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Backlog Reduction Program, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the Los Angeles County fiscal year 2012-13, Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Program Grant, as given by Lieutenant Mathew St. Pierre, was approved and transmitted to the Mayor and City Council. Lt. St. Pierre stated the section works on cases involving real estate fraud, loan modification fraud and other real estate related crimes and averages 150-200 cases a year. He said almost all cases are felony filings.
The Department’s report, dated August 10, 2012, relative to the Ethics Enforcement Section quarterly report, second quarter, 2012, was received. The Board directed the Office of the Inspector General to submit an analysis of this report along with any appropriate recommendations to the Board.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the Operations West Bureau Narcotics Enforcement Detail Command Accountability Performance Audit (IAID No. 12-058), was approved.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the destruction of obsolete duplicate records for Pacific and Wilshire Areas, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the destruction of obsolete original records for Motor Transport Division, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger said there was a Use of Force incident that took place in the Pacific Division area over the weekend which garnered significant media attention. He said the Department will investigate the incident in a diligent and comprehensive manner and present its findings to the Commission at a later date. Chief Paysinger also expressed his condolences to the family and colleagues of KABC photographer Artie Williams III who passed away suddenly over the weekend. He completed his report by expressing his gratitude and friendship towards Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon who is set to retire from the Department in two weeks.
The Department’s verbal presentation and discussion relative to the Community Partnership in Policing with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, was given by Captain Phillip Tingirides. Captain Tingirides informed the Board the purpose of the project was to reduce violent crime in housing projects. The project included housing developments in Jordan Downs, Nickerson Gardens, Ramona Gardens and Imperial Courts. Captain Tingirides said as a result of the program violent crime was down 65% in Jordan Downs, 41% in Nickerson Gardens, 40% in Imperial Courts and 32% in the Watts area as a whole. He stressed to the Commission this was accomplished by going into these communities, creating relationships with residents and getting people to trust and talk to the police.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant application award for the 2012 Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Grant, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
The Department’s report, dated August 17, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant application for the 2012 Forensic Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Backlog Reduction Program, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the Los Angeles County fiscal year 2012-13, Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Program Grant, as given by Lieutenant Mathew St. Pierre, was approved and transmitted to the Mayor and City Council. Lt. St. Pierre stated the section works on cases involving real estate fraud, loan modification fraud and other real estate related crimes and averages 150-200 cases a year. He said almost all cases are felony filings.
The Department’s report, dated August 10, 2012, relative to the Ethics Enforcement Section quarterly report, second quarter, 2012, was received. The Board directed the Office of the Inspector General to submit an analysis of this report along with any appropriate recommendations to the Board.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the Operations West Bureau Narcotics Enforcement Detail Command Accountability Performance Audit (IAID No. 12-058), was approved.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the destruction of obsolete duplicate records for Pacific and Wilshire Areas, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
The Department’s report, dated August 14, 2012, relative to the destruction of obsolete original records for Motor Transport Division, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
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