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Southeast Community Police Station
Community-Police Advisory Board
Minutes
Minutes of Thursday, March 6, 2008
In Attendance
Southeast Community Police Personnel
Southeast Area, Sgt Emada Castillo, Southeast Senior Lead Officers Fred Starkey, Bobby Martinez, George Chavez, Armando Ramirez, A. Stewart.
Board Members
Co-Chair Theresa Martinez
Members
Anderson, Samuel Blakes, David Charles, E.P.
Choyce, Rev. Plase J. Corlin, Arnie Fantroy, Joyce
Heard, Mary Heard, Rev. Lee Johnson, Pearlie
Jordan, LaRoi McGee, Fanny Martinez, Theresa
Paduani, Rey Robertson, Coy Thompson, Joseph
Trotter, Mary Velazquez, Albert Wilson, Deborah
Wilson, Rose Williams, Robert
Non- CPAB Members:
Thomas, Gregory Sandoval, Rebeca Salvador, Landeros
Avalos, Gerardo
Minutes of the Community Police Advisory Board Meeting- March 2008.
Call to Order:
The C-PAB meeting was called to order by Co-Chair Theresa Martinez at 6:40 P.M. Southeast Area Senior Lead Officer George Chavez led the Pledge of Allegiance. Reverend Choice provided a prayer for the CPAB meeting.
Opening remarks:
Theresa Martinez opened CPAB by discussing various locations that CPAB meetings could be held within the Southeast Area. Reverend Choice placed a motion on the floor for CPAB to be held at Mother of Sorrow Church. The CPAB body agreed to hold the meetings at Mother of Sorrow Church indefinitely.
Guest Speaker:
Sonja Dawson spoke about City Attorney Rocky Delgadilloo taking a tour of the Southeast Area on March 27, 2008. A reception will be held for City Attorney Delgadillo at Southeast Area. He will also view a current mural project to be completed by Jordan High School, Safe Passage Subcommittee Mural Project.
Sgt. Emada Castillo requested assistance form Southeast Area Volunteers for the City Attorney’s reception. She also requested that anyone not willing to volunteer provide support for the City Attorney reception.
CPAB member Arnie Corlin spoke to the CPAB body about the camera program that he is attempting to implement in the Southeast Area. He requested assistance from the CPAB body in locating cameras throughout Southeast. He displayed and explained the various type cameras that are used within businesses, markets, store, homes, and apartment buildings.
Discussion of Old Business:
Sgt. Castillo called out the names of the various CPAB members that need to take pictures for their ID cards.
Co-Chair Martinez spoke with Father Sergio (Priest at Mother of Sorrow Church) about allowing the CPAB body to hold meetings at the Church. Father Sergio said meetings could be held at the Church monthly.
Discussion of new Business:
SLO Stewart spoke about a homicide on Figueroa at 112th street on March 1, 2008. He asked that community members contact their Senior Lead Officers with any information about crimes that have occurred or will occur. An example is when a community member provided him information about a party. Southeast gang unit arrested two people and they maybe charged with a Federal Offense.
SLO Ramirez spoke about how crime increased within his area at the beginning of the year. An older community member was the victim of the first Southeast homicide for 2008. He has a new block club beginning on Figueroa at 168th street.
Acting SLO Young introduced himself and spoke about crime trends occurring within the San Miguel area.
SLO Chavez spoke about the high rate of car thefts occurring within the area of Avalon at 90th street. The vehicles that are being stolen are Honda’s, Nissan, and Toyota’s. He also asked CPAB members to report transient campsites in their communities to the police. CPAB members were asked to report illegal dumping in alley’s, and empty lots. This is currently a major problem for the city of Los Angeles.
SLO Starkey gave information about transients and car theft in his area. He has some of the same problems as SLO Chavez. Starkey spoke about some of the locations and campsites that transients have in his basic car area. Vehicle theft has pick up in Starkey’s basic car. He advised that anyone that owns one of those vehicles secure it as best they can.
Sgt. Muirhead introduced himself as the supervisor of the Southeast Senior Lead Officers. He told the CPAB body about Sgt. Castillo being promoted to Sgt. II., and SLO Yanez obtaining the Southeast Officer of the Year Award.
The C-PAB minutes were approved for February 2008.
Upcoming Events:
Next scheduled C-PAB meeting is Thursday, April 3, 2008
Meeting Adjourned – 2000 hour
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