• Police Commission President Steve Soboroff said the Commission is currently working on their goals for the year and will present them in open session in the coming weeks.
• Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman commended the work and planning of the Department for the Academy Awards held over the weekend. He said everything went extremely well.
• Police Chief Charlie Beck thanked the Board for the recognition of the job the Department did in policing the Academy Awards. He also thanked the Office of Operations and everyone else involved for their work on providing security for the Academy Awards. Chief Beck also announced he will be adding a traffic/collision report to his regular report on crime to the Police Commission. He added this year the Department is focusing their efforts on traffic issues.
• The verbal presentation and update from the Commanding Officer and Community Police Advisory Board (C-PAB) representative regarding community initiated problem solving, crime strategies, and other programs and goals within the Van Nuys Area was given by Captain Ivan Minsal and Ms. Penny Meyers. Ms. Meyers stated there are currently 35 active members with five committees which include bicycle safety, emergency preparedness, homelessness, neighborhood watch and community outreach. Some accomplishments include the removal of illegal magazine stands, illegal phone booths, and illegal street vending.
• The Department’s report, dated March 1, 2014, relative to the Ethics Enforcement Section quarterly report, fourth quarter 2013, was received. The Board directed the Office of the Inspector General to submit an analysis of this report along with any appropriate recommendations.
• The Department’s report, dated February 25, 2014, relative to the Operations West Bureau vice command accountability performance audit (IAID No. 13-077), was approved.
• The Department’s report, dated March 4, 2014, relative to the Department manual section 1/556.10, policy on the use of force – revised, was approved.
• The Department’s report, dated February 25, 2014, relative to the destruction of obsolete duplicate records for Mission and Northeast Area, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
• The Department’s report, dated March 4, 2014, relative to the destruction of obsolete duplicate records for Devonshire Area, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
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