After a quorum was established, the meeting opened to commissioner comments with President Steve Soboroff reviewing public comments/speaking guidelines. He also acknowledged that today was the 50th anniversary of the Watts Riots of 1965. Commissioner Robert Saltzman stepped in to talk about his participation in last week’s recruit graduation ceremony. He also expressed appreciation for recent training he underwent in Hollywood Area.
The meeting proceeded to the Report of the Chief of Police with Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger sitting in for Chief Charlie Beck who was on vacation. Chief Paysinger provided a brief overview of crime statistics based on data from last week.
Next on the agenda was the Report from the Executive Director, provided by Executive Director Richard Tefank. He informed everyone that until the new commissioner, Matt Johnson, who is replacing Commissioner Paula Madison can be confirmed, Commissioner Madison will remain in her position (though she is currently on vacation). Matt Johnson will most likely assume commissioner responsibilities in early September.
There was no Report of the Inspector General; so the meeting proceeded to Consent Agenda Items, which were all approved with no discussion.
The next order of business was the Regular Agenda Items. There were two Regular Agenda Items, both of which were verbal presentations.
• Item 8A was a verbal presentation and update from the commanding officer and Community Police Advisory Board representative regarding community initiated problem solving, crime strategies, and other programs and goals within the LAPD’s Southeast Area.
Because of significant disruption to the meeting during the public comment period following the verbal presentation for Item 8A, Commissioner Soboroff continued Item 8B to a future meeting and called for a temporary recess. After about 20 minutes, the meeting resumed for a few closing public comments and was then adjourned.
NOTE: The recording of the meeting is in two parts. Part one covers the meeting before the recess, and part two covers the remainder of the meeting after the recess.
Download Commission Mtg 8-11-15 Part 1
Download Commission Mtg 8-11-15 Part 2
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