After a quorum was established, Commission President Steve Soboroff opened the meeting. There were no commissioner comments.
For the Report of the Chief of Police, Chief Charlie Beck began by thanking Commissioners Soboroff and Sandra Figueroa-Villa for attending a recent Martin Luther King breakfast. He stated he would not be providing crime statistics because of the end-of-year news conference with Mayor Garcetti yesterday, during which crime statistics were reviewed in detail, along with the mayor’s and Department’s vision for 2015.
For the Report of the Executive Director, Executive Director Richard Tefank reminded everyone that there will be two special meetings to obtain public input about on-body officer cameras. The first meeting will be on January 14, 6:30 p.m., at the Green Meadows Recreation Center, 431 E. 89th Street, Los Angeles. The second meeting will be January 15, 6:30 p.m., at AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School, 6844 Oakdale Avenue, Canoga Park. He also announced the police commission will be holding a regular board meeting in Council District 13 on February 3, 6:30 p.m., at the Sandra Cisneros Learning Center, 1018 Mohawk Street, Los Angeles.
Consent Agenda Items proceeded with approval of all items.
Regular Agenda Items then ensued with three items. Item A was a verbal presentation, and Item C was pulled for discussion. The remaining item was approved as follows:
Item B, the Executive Director’s Report, dated January 8, 2015, relative to the Recommendation of a Qualified Vendor to Provide Official Police Garage Towing and Storage Services for Service Area 6 (RFP# 14-980-007) as set forth, was approved.
The meeting proceeded with Item A, a verbal presentation and update from the Devonshire Area Captain III-Commanding Officer Kris Pitcher and his Community Police Advisory Board (C-PAB) Co-Chair Larry Stern. The presentation concerned community initiated problem solving, crime strategies and other programs and goals within the Devonshire Area. Afterward, Commissioner Soboroff expressed gratitude for hearing about “solutions instead of problems” and then asked for more information about the composition and diversity of the area’s C-PAB members.
The final item, Item C, which had been pulled for discussion, was the Department’s Report, dated January 9, 2015, relative to the LAPD’s Personnel Selection Criteria and Process Audit. Representing the Department before the board was Jeffrey Phillips of the Internal Audits and Inspection Division and Assistant Chief Sandy Jo MacArthur of the Office of Administrative Services. The discussion was mostly a continuation from two previous discussions before the board on the same topic, during which commissioners had issues or questions that needed to be researched and required a follow-up. After some brief clarification, the commissioners were satisfied with the follow-up results, thanked the presenters and then approved the report.
2 meetings for the whole city?? That is a joke. Police commissioners meet only during taxpayers working hours.
Public comments are only 2 minutes, maybe only one.
Police Commissioners are just a rubber stamp. The public is very rarely allowed to give any input into what goes on.
Meetings should be only held at night so working people can attend. Meetings should be held every week at different locations within the city.
There is no outreach to the community the way the meetings are held now.
Posted by: Susan Rocha | January 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM