LAPD Academy Recruit Graduation

WHAT:
LAPD graduation of 42 new officers

WHEN:
Friday, January 4, 2007
9:00 a.m.

WHERE:
Los Angeles Police Academy
1880 North Academy Drive
Elysian Park, California, 90012

WHO:
Los Angeles Chief of Police, William J. Bratton
Representatives from the Board of Commissioners and Mayor’s Office
Police Department Command Staff and their special guests

WHY:
Graduating officers have completed 1,035 hours of training over the course of 32 weeks. There are 36 males and 6 females in the graduating class.

The ethnic breakdown of the class is 12 Caucasians, 19 Hispanics, 3 African Americans, 3 Koreans, 2 Chinese,1 Pacific Islander, 1 Cambodian, and 1 Filipino.

In addition, 2 General Services Police Department officers, 5 Los Angeles World Airport Police Department officers and 1 Los Angeles Port Police officer will be graduating.

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