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Pacific Area
Community Police Advisory Board
Minutes – Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Playa Vista Centre Pointe Club
Present: Hilary C. Brown, Arnie Corlin, Cyndi Hench, Rob Kadota, Pat Karasick, Juan Guzman, Harris Levey, L.Z. Mendoza, Burton Merrill, Ana Petrova, Raymond Shinn, Carol Tantau, Nancy Wileman, and Chris Williams
LAPD Personnel: Captain Joe Hiltner, Kristan Zalokar,SLO Ceja, SLO Garcia., SLO Ramos, SLO Richards, SLO Skinner, SLO Wicks, Detective Keith L. Thomas
Claudia Martine, Neighborhood Prosecutor
Excused: Ron Caruso, Bill Koontz, Debbie Landau, Mary Richert, Steve Freedman and Beccy Scheffe,
Call to Order- Co-Chair Pat Karasick
Introduction of Members and Guests
Congratulations to Officer Kristan Zalokar, now Mrs. Delatori.
Treasurer’s Report, Nancy Wileman Balance remains the same.
C-PAB Co-Chair Captain Joe Hiltner’s Report
Part I crimes are down 10%. The CREW Task Force, which augmented Pacific Area’s personnel resources by approximately 35 officers and supervisors. A number of good arrests were made in addition to the increased presence of uniformed officers on the street, helped to reduce the incidence of crime. The CREW Task Force will be back for the 4th of July.
Detectives searching for a robbery suspect involved in a series of robberies took the suspect into custody last week.
DNA evidence recovered from a Burglary from Motor Vehicle crime has led Detectives to a suspect currently in custody.
CPAB Co-Chair Pat Karasick’s Report
Debrief CPAB City-wide Summit-Discussion summary: good speakers, terrorism appropriate topic, “toys” in the parking lot great addition, good food, compliments to CPAB Member Arnie Corlin for his excellent presentation in three rooms.
National Night Out on Crime – Discussion and items to work on:
Need to have a block club/ neighborhood information booth, distribute flyer at schools, email flyer to members to pass on, make posters to carry NNO, Police Commission- Discussion of what to include in the presentation: Best SLOs, getting word out to groups, partnership with Recreation and Parks, Pacific.beat.net, dinners; Christmas, New Year’s, Thanksgiving, support toy drive, Big Sunday, Break room renovation, mission of community –policing.
Speaker: Detective Keith Thomas, Narcotics has 24 ½ years on the job. Highly qualified he currently helps prepare narcotics cases. The biggest problem is vague details. He is able to shift hours to fit the problem. Helpful if citizens report suspicious behavior to Senior Lead Officers who will then transmit the information to his unit to be acted upon. A citizen’s lead lead to the arrest of 3 suspects.
In Pacific the drug of choice is marijuana, meth or crack cocaine in Oakwood. Ecstasy is a party drug raising body temperature 8 points. A Rave party almost always means X at $30.00 a pill. The drug increases awareness of the senses. Tip is if water is being sold in great quantities at a party.
Direct line to Narcotics voice mail is 310-840-2159
Deputy City Attorney- Claudia Martin- July 25th is the cut off date to fill out an application for Pearls Award to a Senior Citizen that has improved life in Los Angeles. CA is behind limited parking between 2 A.M. and 6 A.M. This is a solution to a problem that has been worked on for 5 years.
Ms. Martin can often talk to the CA’s Office to potentially revoke a defendant’s probation if it has been violated.
Thursday, June 26th 6:00 P.M., meeting on the Homelessness problem at Westminister School.
Penmar acknowledged for their partnership in a truancy task force. The last task force resulted in 44 arrests between the hours of 8:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. There are multiple agencies on site to provide resolution to the situation.
Locations sought for Sanitation task force. Last one resulted in 4 tons of trash half way through the day. Continue to call 311 for personal bulky items, but for staff, call Sanitation 1-800-773-2489 for bulky items just dumped by unknown persons.
Committee Meetings- cancelled due to time constraints
Neighborhood Councils
Mar Vista- Elections next Saturday. Rob Kadota is running for a seat.
Venice- Is Venice safe?
90% people polled replied . yes.
Westchester- CERT Battalion meeting
How does LAPD respond to disaster?
Sgt. Jeff Merlo , Pacific and Sgt. Dolan lead an excellent discussion and Q & A. The meeting was well attended by 40 people.
Announcements
Next Saturday 103 Officers will graduate from the Police Academy, and 18 Reserve Officers.
Next Friday, Penmar will be hosting a family day at 4:00 P.M. All are invited to come and participate.
Next meeting July 16, 2008 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Playa Vista CenterPointe Club, 6200 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista, CA 90094
Pacific Community Police Station
12312 Culver Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90066
Front Desk 310-482-6334
Community Relations Office 310-202-4524
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