LAPD Academy Graduation

WHAT:
LAPD Graduation of 43 Police Officers
        
WHEN:
Friday, October 10, 2008 9:00 a.m.

WHERE:
Los Angeles Police Academy
1880 North Academy Drive
Elysian Park, California, 90012
        
WHO:
Chief of Police, Chief 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 912 hours of training over the course of 24 weeks.  There are 38 males and 5 females in the graduating class.
    
The ethnic breakdown of the class is 9 Caucasians, 20 Hispanics, 8 African Americans, 1 Chinese, 1 Japanese, 1 Cambodian, 1 Vietnamese, 2 Filipino.

In addition, 4 Los Angeles World Airport Officers and 3 General services Department Officers will be graduating.  

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