Reseda High School Police Academy Magnet Program Selected as Finalist NR15222mjl

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police
Academy Magnet Programs at Reseda High School was selected as a
finalist in the 2015 Pioneer Institute’s Better Government
Competition. The awards gala was held on June 24, 2015, in Boston,
Massachusetts.

The Pioneer Institute’s Better Government Competition, founded in
1991, is an annual citizens’ idea contest that seeks out and
rewards the most innovative public policy proposals. The
competition grand prize winner receives $10,000; four runners-up
receive $1,000 each, and other proposals receive special
recognition. This year the Pioneer Institute sought innovative
ideas to improve public safety and control costs in America’s
criminal justice system by reexamining policies that have driven
mass incarceration and resulted in significant fiscal and human
costs.

The Magnet Program at Reseda High School was one of the finalists
selected from over 150 proposals submitted from around the country.
The program was developed for at-risk youth who are also interested
in a law enforcement career. One of the goals of the program is to
provide a better understanding of law enforcement through
coursework, training, mentoring, work and volunteer opportunities
while fostering a strong and positive bond between the participants
and law enforcement. This program is also a high quality recruiting
resource for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Since 2005, the Police Academy Magnet Program has been producing
remarkable results. School attendance rates as well as graduation
rates are well above 97 percent. Every one of the students that
have graduated from the program have gone to college or joined the
military making this program a huge success. Many of those
graduates are now serving their communities as police officers,
state troopers, military police, forensic scientists, or 911
dispatch operators.

For more information, please call Lt. Darnell Davenport, Officer in
Charge, Reserve and Youth Training Section, Training Division at
(310) 342-3006. You may also contact Alise Cayen, Reseda High
School Program Coordinator at (818) 758-3739. For information,
click here:–> Los
Angeles Police Academy Magnet Program.