ADL League to Honor Members of Law Enforcement LAPD Detective to Receive Award for Arresting Suspects Wanted for Local Hate Crime NA13038SF

WHAT:
Sherwood Prize for Combating Hate Award Presentation

WHEN:
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
10:45 a.m. – Photo opportunity and interviews
11:30 a.m. – Event Begins
12 p.m. – Awards presentation

WHERE:
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049

WHO:
LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese, Robbery Homicide Division
LAPD Detective Ray Webb, Devonshire Division
Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich
FBI Assistant Director in Charge Bill Lewis
ATF Special Agent in Charge Steven Bogdalek
CHP Southern Division Chief Dan Bower
Arroyo Grande Police Chief Steve Annibali
Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Williamson
Irvine Police Chief David Maggard
Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
Orange County Assistant Sheriff Chuck Barnes
Riverside County Sheriff Stanley Sniff
San Bernardino Police Chief Rob Handy
San Luis Obispo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jerret Gran
Santa Barbara Police Chief Camerino Sanchez
Ventura County Assistant Sheriff T. John Crombach

WHY:
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) founded in 1913, is one of the nation’s premier human relations and civil rights organizations, fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds. ADL celebrates its Centennial in 2013 with the theme Imagine a World Without Hate™. The Sherwood Prize recognizes law enforcement officials that go above and beyond their job descriptions in combating extremism, bigotry, and hatred.

During the ceremony Detective Ray Webb from LAPD’s Devonshire Division and Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Ayelet Feiman will be honored for investigating and prosecuting a hate crime that took place on April 2, 2012, when a Jewish family’s home was vandalized with human feces, swastikas and the word “Jew” drawn in maple syrup. The juvenile suspects were sent to a teen court program and the mother of one of the suspects was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

CONTACT:
For more information, please call Alison Mayersohn, Anti-Defamation League at amayersohn@adl.org. You may also call her at 310-446-4230, or via cell at 310-467-4025.