West LAPD Crime Report, LAPD Partnership - Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) and next C-PAB meeting
Click here to view LPAD’s West LA basic car crime report 02/28/21 to 03/06/21.
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PRACTICE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS:
In LAPD’s Wilshire Division, they recently had a series of robberies involving victims wearing Rolex watches and other flashy, expensive jewelry — they had 9 robberies so far.
West LA had a male and female sitting in car, a suspect approached them with a gun and demanded their money and jewelry — the victims didin’t have anything on them at the time — the suspect got into the back seat of the car and forced them to drive to an ATM and forced them to withdraw money.
You have to be “situationally aware” at all times. When you’re out in the public, you need to be looking around being aware of your surroundings, aware of who is walking toward you, being just aware how you appear (do you appear to be a target?).
What is Domestic Abuse Response Team (“DART”)? C-PAB’s guest speaker and LAPD’s partner from Case de la Familia
At the last C-PAB meeting, the guest speaker was Ms. Paloma Bustos, a domestic abuse counselor who partners with trained LAPD officers to provide mental health services to those impacted by domestic abuse trauma.
This partnership program was started in the 1990s in the Van Nuys Domestic Abuse Center, Valley Division.The purpose of the program was to put an end to the cycle of violence.
Domestic violence very different from any other type of crime. There are many inter-dependencies that are involved in domestic abuse relationships. There are people who share financial resources, housing, children. So combined with with all those factors, they make it difficult for someone to leave an abuser relationship.
The City of Los Angeles created the DART in order to put an end to the cycle of violence. It was created based on the evidence that said that victims might be more receptive if they are reached immediately after a crisis has happened. If they’re able to reach them after the incident, the victims might be more receptive to resources and services and open to speaking with someone. The way the program is structured, it partners an LAPD officer with a Domestic Violence counselor.
The purpose is to reach that victim because what often happens, after the incident happens, the victim might minimize the situation and so their role is to try to promote safety and ensure there are options and people they can talk to and perhaps leave the relationship. Victims may not be aware that there are resources available for survivors.
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Do you have an old cell phone you’re willing to donate to domestic abuse woman’s shelters?
There is a box at the West Los Angeles Police Station’s front desk to donate cell phones for domestic violence victims! West LA LAPD Station is at 1663 Butler Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
Click here for video recording of the Community-Police Advisor Board (C-PAB) meeting on March 3, 2021 with guest speaker Paloma Bustos.
Community-Police Advisory Board (C-PAB) Meeting Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at 2 PM — community invited to participate
The next Community-Police Advisory Board (C-PAB) is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at 2 PM. The community is welcome to participate.
Please email Robert Ringler for details to add you to the next meeting.
What is C-PAB?
Community-Police Advisory Boards (C-PABs) were created in 1993 to provide community members with an opportunity to provide information and advice to their respective Area and to take information from the police department back to the community.
Each of the 21 geographic Areas (community police stations) throughout Los Angeles has its own C-PAB. These advisory groups meet monthly to discuss crime and quality of life issues. Each C-PAB has two co-chairs, one of the Area commanding officer while the second is a civilian member voted on by the membership.
Recently, many C-PABs have formed subcommittees in addition to the general group to tackle specific crime and quality of life problems. Examples of C-PAB subcommittees include Graffiti, Youth, Homeless Outreach and Traffic.
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Did you know…?
Bel-Air’s Senior Lead Officer (SLO) is Officer Pete Ojeda. He can be contacted by email at 36393@lapd.online, or by telephone at (310) 444-0741.
VIDEOS: Officer Involved Shootings (OIS) actual video: LAPD has a youtube channel that shows actual OIS confrontations. You can connect to that channel by clicking here. For transparency, the LAPD has a policy in place to make public all videos of OIS investigations after 45 days.
The LAPD Community Online Reporting System (CORS) is now accepting online reports for minor traffic collisions without injuries. To learn more about access to the CORS system, go to LAPDonline.org.
At this point in time, video and photos cannot be uploaded. When on the system, indicate there are no photos or videos (evidence) and get the DR number. Then call the West LA LAPD Station at (310) 444-0741 or email our Senior Lead Officer, Pete Ojeda at 36393@lapd.online with the DR number generated from the CORS online report. West LA LAPD office will send you a link to upload the photo and video evidence.