Let’s be honest, the last person you want to see in your rear-view mirror is a police officer. The immediate panic of mental inventory of working brake lights, current registration, unpaid parking tickets and if you rolled through that last stop sign are just human… Like it or not, we all have to rely on LAPD to keep our community safe and to help us when things go wrong - and it is NOT an easy job.
2011 has been a rough year so far. There was a murder on the boardwalk ( suspect apprehended immediately, in jail ), and the unusual and random shootings, drum circle mayhem, burglaries and the normal “Venice” keep our LAPD officers and detectives busy. As with most things… it seems like it is easier to complain than make an effort to do something nice. After hearing a very moving speech by Captain Peters and the father of one of the slain teenage Penmar victims … I thought I would post the police commendation form here in Venice 311. After spending all day being alerted to the “bad” in town … the reality is that the police work very hard for us and they need our support.
If you have seen or experienced a police officer doing that extra little bit to make sure our lives are all better… let the department know. It matters. A lot.
LAPD Officer Commendation Form - Click Here To Download
If you have any doubts about what the average officer may have to deal with at any given moment… just listen to the following from the LAPD police scanner:
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