Volume XLIX No. 6 www.lapdonline.org June 2003 “Tea with the Women of the LAPD” Raises $25,000 for the Police Foundation Chief’s Message

On October 28, 2002…I took an oath…the same oath all of you have taken, “To Protect and To Serve.” Now, seven months later I am proud of the work that has been done, proud Left to right - Rikki Klieman, attorney and Court TV anchor; Lisa Specht, Honorary Chair; Karen Wagener, Executive Director of the Police Foundation and Assistant Chief of the changes that have been made Sharon Papa, at the “Tea with the Women of the LAPD” fundraiser. and looking forward to more. It’s Assistant Chief Sharon Papa and Rikki Klieman, a distinguished attorney, been a great time for me personally Court TV anchor, and wife of Chief Bratton, were honored by the because I’m back into policing, Los Angeles Police Foundation at an event titled “Tea with the Women of doing what I love — running a the LAPD” at the Beverly Hills Hotel on March 31. The event, designed to police department. I hope that it highlight women in law enforcement, raised approximately $25,000 for the has also been a good seven months Foundation. for all of you. I have tried to set a More than 200 people attended the tea which featured a silent auction new tone and direction in our that included restaurant packages, sporting event tickets, and weekend reorganization efforts — one that getaway packages. Lisa Specht, a senior partner at Manatt, Phelps & values innovation, transparency, a Phillips, served as Honorary Chair for the event. sense of urgency, creativity and productive change. As I have said INSIDE Page before, this Department is an must have a greater sense of assemblage of high-performing urgency and a desire to work individuals held back by a low- harder to reduce crime, fear and Police Commission Actions 3 disorder in the City’s performing organization. The Police Commission 3 people of the LAPD have been neighborhoods. Quite simply, we Executive Director Selected stifled for far too long by an are still losing too many lives to organization that did not encourage mindless violence. Visualizing Career Success 4 The pace of change is risk taking and creativity. I want to Detective celebrates 6 find ways to help you do your best accelerating in our Department and 50 years on the job work in the coming years. the momentum is building. I We have done well against crime recently made some major moves LAPD Swing-A-Thon 6 in the past seven months but we Continued on page 2 Commendations 7 Volume XLIX No. 6 June 2003 Chief’s Message Continued from page 1 the change and help propel it William J. Bratton among Commanders and forward. Working together we can Chief of Police Captains… promoting some, re- achieve the goal that Mayor Hahn Mary E. Grady assigning others to new commands, and the Police Commission have set Public Information Director thirty-seven in all. That’s just the for us to make Los Angeles the Commanding Officer beginning. There are more to safest large city in the country. Public Information Office come. It’s important that I have my Besides reducing crime, disorder, Steven E. Reifel new leadership team in place before and fear, which remains our highest Managing Editor the summer months and the usual priority, there are a number of mid- L.V. Sturges peak crime period. I don’t make range objectives we will be Writer/Designer changes just for the sake of change, focusing on: Pedro M. Muñiz but to support a very specific set of • Establishing a state-of-the-art Editorial Support goals and objectives. I want to Counter-Terrorism Bureau that is Cornel Panov work with managers who share my not only able to detect and prevent Photographer sense of urgency about reducing terrorist acts but can also manage Tanya Thomas crime throughout our city. I want the consequences of terrorist Graphic Design Assistance the best people in the most critical attacks should preventive measures Jim Ungari assignments. I have challenged Technical Support fail. these new leaders to be creative, to • Continuing to implement the The monthly news publication serving think outside the box, and to always Consent Decree, which will be one sworn and civilian employees, and those interested in the activities of the Los be asking: “How can we do things of the major measures of our Angeles Police Department, is published better and more effectively?” In success as an organization over the by the Office of Public Information, Public dealing with crime I want them to next few years. The Consent Communications Section, Public always be asking, “Who did the Relations Unit. The Los Angeles Police Decree can and will make this a Department does not endorse or warrant crime?” “Where are they?” and better Department. We will comply any products, services or companies “How do we arrest them?” with its provisions. mentioned within these pages. I have also challenged them to • Expanding the patrol force, The BEAT deadline for lead, not just manage. To achieve reducing response time, and material submission is the their best, police departments and providing more pervasive police 4th of each month police officers have to be actively presence and service. That’s a tall for the following led and inspired. At this unique order in a city of just over 9,000 month’s publication. time in the history of our cops responsible for policing 470

Submit your materials to: department and our city, we have a square miles, but I think we are up Los Angeles Police Department limited window of opportunity to to the challenge. 150 N. Los Angeles Street make a difference both individually • Returning investigations to a Los Angeles, CA 90012 and collectively and to move our primary crime-fighting role in our Room 731 organization forward on an agenda Department by getting our highly Mail Stop 400 Phone (213) 485-3281 of positive change. As long as I am trained detectives out of the Fax (213) 485-1952 your Chief, the LAPD will be a business of processing arrests and very fluid organization that adapts back into the business of making This publication is available on line continuously to changing conditions them. at www.LAPDOnline.org. and needs. I’m asking all of you, Copyright © 2003 by Los Angeles Police Department commanders and cops, to embrace Continued on page 8 2 Volume XLIX No. 6 June 2003 A message from the Recent Actions by the Police Commission Police Commission • Approved and released the Los Angeles Police Commission By David S. Cunningham, III, Vision Statement and Goals for 2003. The goals are: Vice President 1) to reduce crime, fear and disorder, Over the past four 2) to enhance community policing, months, the Police 3) to improve retention and recruitment, Commission and 4) to achieve timely compliance with the Consent Decree, and the Department 5) to ensure responsive leadership focused on the acquisition have been working and appropriate use of resources, thereby making closely with the Los Angeles the safest large city in the nation, Mayor’s Office ensuring that personal safety is a reality for all. and other City officials to identify several buildings suitable for Parker • Appointed retired Commander Dan Koenig to the position of Center personnel to relocate while a Executive Director of the Police Commission. new police administration building is designed and built. Commander Dan Koenig selected as Our commitment to the men and women of this Department is to Police Commission Executive Director ensure that they are provided a On April 29, 2003, the Los Commission President Rick professional and safe facility for the Angeles Board of Police Caruso said, “Dan has a wealth of five or six years that is estimated to Commissioners announced that knowledge in all facets and build a state of the art police Commander Dan Koenig has been functions in the administration of administrative building at the First selected unanimously as the Police this Department and is cognizant of and Alameda street location. Commission’s Executive Director, many of the issues and concerns We have been successful and this after an extensive nationwide this Commission cares about. He reality will occur soon. However, search and an extremely brings tremendous experience from despite our efforts, progress has not his 32 plus years in the Department been nor will it be as swift as we and working closely with the would have preferred. The Police community.” Commission has been told that the purchase, escrow, tenant improvements, infrastructure Crime upgrades and the actual move will take approximately 16 – 20 months. At each Police Commission meeting, Watch City-wide this matter is calendared and a brief Year to Date - 5/31/03 presentation on the ongoing ò Homicide -20.8% relocation and new facility is òRape -6.8% discussed. We will continue to ò Robbery -0.9% strive to expedite these facility competitive selection process. Assuming the position in May, he ò Aggravated Assault -5.1% projects every possible way. As ñ Burglary 1.0% head of the Department, this reports directly to the Board. ò Larceny -2.0% Commission has made the welfare Commander Koenig retired as ñ Auto Theft 2.7% and relocation of its personnel a Commanding Officer of ò Violent Crimes -3.5% priority, and a goal that we intend to Administrative Group to take the meet. Executive Director’s position. Source ITD, LAPD Volume XLIX No. 6 June 2003 Visualizing Career Success By Sylvia Landis goal. Keep extending your manageable goals that you can Career Development Unit imagination until you feel achieve, your rate of success in With the recent change in uncomfortable. Focus on what attaining higher level goals will be administrations, it is an opportune makes you uncomfortable. Are greatly increased. It is also time to think about visualizing you placing limitations on yourself important to recognize that the success and the role that or would the imagined goal ability to visualize successful visualization skills play in conflict with other goals you have outcomes is not only a key skill in transforming individuals, careers, in your life? Have you researched your personal development, but a organizations, and communities. the concerned facts or are you key to your success in working A majority of famous athletes and with the community and top performers use visualization Generally, the more you teach being a valued member skills to achieve their remarkable yourself to “think bigger” and of the Los Angeles Police Department. successes. However, what is not imagine yourself successfully as well known is that individuals Chief William Bratton, vary greatly in their understanding meeting a challenge, you will in an article entitled of visualization skills, how to reach a higher level of “Leading for Innovation apply them, and whether these achievement. and Results in Police skills require special training. Departments,” states that We all use visualization. Those “the leader must develop individuals who have mastered imagining limitations? Generally, a vision of where the organization this tool, and view it as a skill, the more you teach yourself to is going and what it can understand we create a picture in “think bigger” and imagine potentially achieve and then our minds when we mentally yourself successfully meeting a communicate that vision to the imagine an outcome. You might challenge, you will reach a higher organization’s members.” He has imagine a successful outcome as level of achievement. The made it clear to LAPD employees successfully presenting an idea successful use of imagination and to the community that he before a group. Or, if you have a applied to goals, and then envisions LAPD regaining status fear of public speaking, you might breaking the goals down into as the finest Police Department in visualize the same presentation as small logical steps, will enhance the world. In looking at how he difficult or a failure. As a career your achievement of those goals. proposes to solve problems, there skill, the ability to imagine The importance of goal setting are lessons that can also be successful outcomes involves was established in a famous study applied to career development. developing and practicing skills that followed Harvard graduates Anyone who is familiar with the associated with visualization and for a period of thirty years. It Department can cite “limited goal setting. revealed that only 3% of the resources” as a reason for Chief You can test your ability to graduates set goals, but those 3% Bratton to fail in achieving the visualize by trying two simple achieved more goals than the above vision. However, experiments. First, imagine other 97%! Therefore, it is employees can use the same something you wish to achieve, important to remember that by principles for personal perhaps a promotion. Now teaching yourself to “think bigger” achievement and goal setting that imagine achieving a larger related and to write down your goals, and he applies to solving practical then categorize them into smaller problems within LAPD. 4 Volume XLIX No. 6 June 2003 Visualizing Career Success When addressing resources, continue to work to solve practical that requires community groups to Chief Bratton, in the same article resource problems, the real work together in new creative states, “Working in police solutions will come from inspiring ways, or imagining the future of departments has given me a great creative ideas from every the Department, remember to appreciation for human capital. employee and corner of the visualize in a way that you “think That’s because police departments organization. bigger” and “think outside the don’t have much to work with Like organizations, in applying box.” other than their people.” He these ideas to your own In an attempt to stretch your further advises that you have to do professional and/or personal life, creativity, think bigger not only everything possible to get more you will often have limited about your own career but also the resources, but ultimately it’s the resources to meet goals, whether LAPD career development ability of a leader to create a it’s paying for a graduate degree, program. The success of the vision that people want to buy into buying a vacation home, or career development program is that solves very practical achieving some other significant dependent on employees problems. In retrospect, LAPD goal. Ultimately, there are two articulating their needs/goals. isn’t the only organization with steps to success. The first is the Therefore, it is important that you limited resources. ability to imagine you successfully suggest/recommend changes that “You have to would improve this program. Ask improve those yourself: assets to help Ultimately, there are two steps to your people work success. The first is the ability to 1. Does the organization do a better, but your imagine you successfully achieving good job of preparing real task is to a particular goal. And secondly, employees for promotion? If motivate, not, what needs to be energize, and you must successfully apply improved? redirect the creativity to solve whatever 2. What do you think of the human capital. limitations stand in the way of you availability of resources to In police prepare for promotion? Can departments—as attaining that goal. you identify any changes that in many other are needed? organizations—the human capital achieving a particular goal. And 3. What about the avenues is a rich resource, a repository of secondly, you must successfully used to advertise promotional knowledge, skill, and experience apply creativity to solve whatever opportunities? Are there any that you couldn’t buy at any limitations stand in the way of you suggestions you have to price…. Workers at every level in attaining that goal. Chief Bratton improve the process? every organization are just waiting calls this “thinking outside the for the opportunity to be a part of box.” Other authors have said The above sample questions something they can believe in. that you can’t solve a problem should get you started in your Once they believe, they’ll give you with the same limited thinking quest to visualize. Remember their best efforts and their best that created the problem. “think bigger” and “think outside ideas as a gift.” Chief Bratton So, whether you are setting a the box.” makes it clear that while he will personal goal, facing a problem 5 Volume XLIX No. 6 June 2003 Detective John O’Toole Celebrates 50 Years of Service to the Department By Officer Jack Richter Known as a hard working The year was 1953. Eisenhower investigator, Detective O’Toole was in the White House and Elvis began his career as a police officer was beginning his career - as a in what is now known as “Old truck driver. Fresh from serving in Central Division.” After several the military and World War II, an successful assignments that include LAPD police recruit by the name of coveted positions in Metropolitan John O’Toole was embarking upon Division, Van Nuys Area and a law enforcement career that Valley Traffic Investigation, would span over half a century, Detective O’Toole continues his even continuing today. On May 16, record of outstanding service as 2003, Detective O’Toole was one of the most productive honored at an anniversary Department employees. As a celebration commemorating 50 witness to history over the past 50 years of service to the Department. years, Detective O’Toole has The event was held at the experienced countless historical Los Angeles Police Museum, which events that have shaped this Detective John O’Toole with Deputy Chief Ron Bergmann at an anniversary prompted Detective O’Toole to Department and the City of comment, “Good! That’s where I event in his honor on May 16, 2003 at the Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Museum. belong.” 3rd Annual LAPD Swing-A-Thon Benefits LA Youth Programs

On Saturday, June 28, 2003, the anticipated that 3,000 LAPD Centurions Team children and community will host the 3rd Annual LAPD members will attend. The Celebrity Swing-A-Thon at El event raises funds for Cariso County Park in Sylmar. Los Angeles area youth This unique community event, organizations through beginning at 9:00 a.m., will provide corporate sponsorship. an opportunity for children from Scheduled to appear are around the City to meet, interact, and play baseball with LAPD stars , Eric officers, professional athletes, Davis, , celebrities and heroes from the , Rudy Law, Ofcr. Mike Scott, LA Dodger and Lee Lacey, , armed forces. Lt. Tim Moss at last year’s Swing-A-Thon. This free event will feature a Tommy Davis, Bret baseball clinic, taught by celebrities, professional athletes and Barbarie, and Lorenzo Gray. professional athletes, a softball City officials, and demonstrations For more information, please game between the LAPD and static displays from specialized contact Officer Mike Scott at Centurions Baseball Team and units within the Department. It is (818) 268-2488.

6 Volume XLIX No. 6 June 2003 The Following Personnel Were Commended by the Community During the Month of April

Clerk Typist Israel Sanchez Lauren Rauch Maurilia Aviles Benjamin Santero Arthur Reyna Mable Ling Erik Shear Arthur Tom Jessie Simon Principal Clerk II Alonzo Williams Sergeant II Pam Franklin Stephen Carmona Police Officer III George Caulford Management Analyst I Daniel Ambrosio Mark Hurley Jill Frank Willem Erkelens Carlos Flores Detective III Management Analyst II Stephen Gomez James Brown John Galitzen Mario Gonzalez Jeff Dunn Manuel Rodarte Jodie McGee Lou Koven Tomas Melendez Mike Oppelt Chief Chemist I Orlando Nieves Steven Johnson Robert Palacios Lieutenant I Greg Matheson Bridget Pickett Andy Neiman Stephen Saletros Police Officer I Melanie Senneff Lieutenant II Anthony Cole Richard Spackman Fred Booker Christopher McPhetters Joseph Freia Jeremy Olson Detective I Ray Lombardo Luis Rosas Gary Borg Steven Nielsen James York Ron Capra Paul Vernon Brad Cochran Police Officer II Paul Robi Captain I Francisco Alferez Nancy Lauer Canaan Bodell Detective II Richard Meraz Alfonso Cisneros John Celentano James Rubert Eric Coffey Michelle Esquivel-Solis Anthony Daniel John Fleming Captain III Carol Davis Thomas Marchetti Charlie Beck Ellen Gamble John Miller Michael Downing Mariano Garde Terry Hara Shawna Green Sergeant I Richard Wemmer Samer Issa Sam Gong Leo Lussier Abel Parga

7 Volume XLIX No. 6 June 2003 Chief’s Message adjudication process, not the Continued from page 2 complaint intake process. Roll Call of Events • Maintaining a transparent The LAPD is moving in the right organization open to public scrutiny direction. While we’ve made and cross-agency cooperation. significant strides in the past seven This certainly means an open months, we must act quickly and comprehensively to regain control June 28 working relationship with the LAPD Swing-A-Thon of the streets. In the weeks and Police Protective League and other El Cariso County Park employee organizations, as well as months ahead the Department’s In Sylmar productive partnerships with a crime strategy and reengineering 9:00 a.m. range of police agencies and teams will be reporting back with (Article on page 6) criminal justice institutions. It also their recommendations. My means accepting criticism from the leadership team is fighting to get public and accurately recording all you the resources you will need to complaints made against implement them. Your managers – Department employees. Many of your Commanders and Captains – Call Special Events Section at those complaints may be frivolous are being empowered and (213) 485-3281 for or even malicious, but we will sort encouraged to lead the way. It’s additional information. that out in the complaint going to be an exciting journey for us all.

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