September 10, 2009

Attendees: Captain Bill Eaton, C-PAB Chair Mark Sellz, C-PAB members Gloria Gesas, Gail Pincus, Sha Newman, Barbara Lewis, Jean Sinatra, Paul Samek, Guests Judith Hersberg, Sli Soloman, Penny Meyer, N. Hollywood C-PAB Chairs Joe and Sandy Bryant, Field Deputy Edwardo Martinez and C-PAB liaison Officer Michael Perez.

Introductions:

Captain Eaton welcomed all those in attendance and all present introduced themselves.

City Government Representatives Comments:

Edwardo Martinez, Field Deputy for Councilman Tony Cardenas, announced the Family Summer Festival will be held September 19, 2009, from 4:00 p.m. to10:00 p.m.  The event will be held in the Van Nuys Court Mall Area and will be comprised of arts and crafts for the kids and a live mariachi band.  The event is free for all.

Old Business:

Mark Sellz reminded all in attendance that the 2009 Police Appreciation Day will be held on November 11, 2009.  He stated Van Nuys C-PAB member participation is vital in making this event a success, whether it is set-up, clean-up, cooking or donations.  The event begins at
11:00 a.m. and ends at 8:00 p.m., to assure all the watches are covered.

Up Coming Events:

Mark Sellz read the Up-Coming Events per agenda.

Captain Eaton also announced that as part of a new mentoring program involving the Van Nuys Gang Unit, they will host a “Punt, Pass and Kick” contest on Friday, September 25, 2009, at
Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Park, beginning at 4:00 p.m.  The contest is open to kids 8-15 years old.  Five hundred kids are expected to attend this event.  

New Business: 
Presentation - Officer Bill Marbley introduced himself as the acting SLO of area 9A37 who is filling in for Lucas Hamilton who is currently in Sergeant’s School.

Officer Marbley gave an overview of the crime picture of the Van Nuys Area. He passed out Department crime maps for internal distribution only and allowed the C-PAB members to look them over.  He described the locations and areas of specific crimes including Robbery, Burglary, GTAs and BFMVs.  He informed them that based on these maps are how divisional resources are deployed.

C-PAB member Barbara Lewis asked why these maps are not available to the public.

Officer Marbley stated that these maps may be accessed through the Department website as well as E-POLICING.

Open Discussion-Van Nuys Committees

Officer Michael Perez stated based on last month’s meeting he tallied the three most popular committees that the members seemed most passionate about.  They were the following:

• Traffic Safety Committee
• Van Nuys Youth Programs Committee
• Van Nuys Boulevard Rejuvenation Committee

The goal of this month’s meeting was to officially establish these committees, elect a chair, and set goals and objectives.

Member Jean Sinatra volunteered to chair the Traffic Safety Committee.

Member Gloria Gesas volunteered to chair the Youth Programs Committee.

Member Penny Meyer volunteered to chair the Van Nuys Boulevard Rejuvenation Committee.

Members were given time to exchange ideas with other members in a given committee and to establish goals and objectives. Officer Perez concluded the meeting by asking the chairs to present these goals and objectives to the meeting next month.

Next Meeting:

Our next meeting will be held will be held Thursday, October 8, 2009, in the Van Nuys Area Community Room, at 6:30 p.m.