WHAT:
LAPD Graduation of 54 Police Officers
WHEN:
Friday, September 12, 2008 8:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Los Angeles Police Academy
1880 North Academy Drive
Elysian Park, California, 90012
WHO:
Acting Chief of Police, Chief Jim McDonnell
Representatives from the Board of Commissioners and Mayor’s Office
Police Department Command Staff and their special guests
WHY:
Graduating officers have completed 912 hours of training over the course of 24 weeks. There are 45 males and 9 females in the graduating class.
The ethnic breakdown of the class is 13 Caucasians, 28 Hispanics, 4 African Americans, 4 Chinese, 3 Filipinos, 1 Pacific Islander and 1 Middle Easterner.
In addition, 2 Los Angeles World Airport Officers will be graduating.
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