Thursday, March 20, 2008
1900 Hours
Kaiser Laboratories
11668 Sherman Way, North Hollywood
CPAB MEMBER
1. Cary Adams
2. Vickie Aguilar*
3. Larry Blumenstein*
4. Sandra Bryant
5. Joseph Bryant
6. Maria Burtt*
7. Chris Greene
8. Sheri Herman
9. Rafael Herrera
10. Suzi Hokom*
11. Tony Martinez
12. John McRae
13. Andrea Neuman
14. Jose A. Pasco*
15. Herb Pencille
16. Nick Pool
17. Eric Reuveni
18. Gregory Ruiz*
19. Dee Sherrod
20. Pamela Ventura
21. Ralph Ventura
22. Michael Teichman*
23. Captain Sharyn Buck, Commanding Officer, North Hollywood Area*
24. Captain Len Hundshamer, Commanding Officer, North Hollywood Patrol Division
* Members not in attendance
GUESTS/OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE
1. Sergeant Jeff Hollis North Hollywood CRO Supervisor
2. Officer Esther Vasquez (15A3) North Hollywood Senior Lead Officer
3. Officer Gabriel Ahedo (15A13) North Hollywood Senior Lead Office
4. Officer Chris Rowland (15A33) North Hollywood Senior Lead Officer
5. Officer John Catalano (15A39) North Hollywood Senior Lead Officer
6. Officer Manny Arreygue (15A43) North Hollywood Senior Lead Officer
7. Stephen Thorne Representative, Police Commission
8. Richard Bogey Toluca Lake Chamber of Commerce
9. Alice Roth Field Deputy, Councilmember Tom LaBonge
10. Deanna Berman Special Assistant, Councilmember Tom LaBonge
11. Connie Elliot Weddinton Parks
12. Ruben Zaragoza Field Deputy, Councilmember Tony Cardenas
13. Laura Davidson Field Deputy, Councilmember Wendy Greuel
14. Peter Sanchez Valley Village Homeowners Association
15. Mary Garcia Midtown North Hollywood Neighborhood Council
16. Larry Mellon Fernangeles Park
17. Yvonne Whiteman Community Policing Unit, C-PAB
18. Virginia Beck Neenach Neighborhood Watch
19. Vicki Burch Foothill C-PAB Co-chair
20. Jaime Eichenbaum Valley Therapeutic RC
21. Caroline Lammers Valley Plaza Recreation Center
22. Abigail Stackhouse Studio City Recreation Center
23. Lucia Affentranger NoHo Community Club
24. Ray Waldschmidt North Hollywood Park
25. Julie Monroy Sun Valley Recreation Center
26. Tom LaBonge Councilmember, Council District No. 4
Guest Speaker – Council Member Tom LaBonge
Council Member LaBonge updated the group on his recent activities and upcoming issues that included North Hollywood Area parks and a problem pedestrian tunnel, traffic “choke points,” an MTA proposal project with Universal City and an upcoming press conference by the Mayor regarding the North Hollywood Business Improvement District (BID).
Area Update
Captain Hundshamer reminded the group of our appreciation for the use of the Kaiser Facility
meeting room and their hospitality.
Violent crime in North Hollywood Area has remained about the same. Overall crime is down about
11% with burglaries from motor vehicles down about 110 crimes from last year.
He gave updates on the apprehension of the “skeleton bandit” and an increase in late night burglaries along Ventura Boulevard. Two specific ways to attack crime were also described (1) Identifying
vacant buildings and approaches to remedy the problems these breed, and (2) addressing marijuana
clinics, which have started to show “crime clusters” near these locations.
Calendar of Events
Along with giving details about the three events listed, Sergeant Hollis described the two primary responsibilities of the Community Relations Office; Youth Programs and Fundraisers.
Tip a Cop
Friday, March 28, 2008
Dimions Restaurant
8274 Sunland Boulevard, Sun Valley, CA
P.A.L.S Golf Tournament
Monday, April 7, 2008
Lost Canyon Golf Club
3301 Lost Canyon Drive, Simi Valley, CA
North Hollywood Area Clean-up Day
Saturday, April 12, 2008, at 7:30 a.m.
North Hollywood Park
S.L.O Update
Officer Esther Vasquez (15A3) – Officer Vasquez stated that overall crime in her area has remained about the same. Burglaries from motor vehicles have gone down about 37 percent however. Vacant houses in the area of Fernangeles Park are being given attention. She also gave updates on thefts of copper wire occurring in her area and the arrest of a burglary from motor vehicle suspect.
Officer Gabriel Ahedo (15A13) – Officer Ahedo stated Part 1 crimes down 37 percent. Burglaries from motor vehicles are down 10 percent and Stolen vehicles are down by 73 percent and burglaries are down 66 percent.
Officer Manny Arreygue (15A43) – Officer Arreygue gave updates on a transient living in a vacant house in his area and residential burglaries occurring with a possible suspect description in the southern portion of his area.
Officer Chris Rowland (15A33) – Officer Rowland stated overall crime in his area was down.
He described Burglary from Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Posters that are to be directed to
businesses in areas where this crime is high.
Public Comment
• Dee Sherrod gave an update on Carol Sawamura and the 5K-walk with Circle of Hope on April 19.
• Andrea Neuman spoke about the CPAB “member connections” list and the importance of neighborhood watch.
• Ruben Zaragoza mentioned the 5th Annual Women’s Self - Defense Workshop and handed out
flyers further detailing it.
• Julie Monroy updated the group on Sun Valley Park. Earth Day is April 19th, 10:00am –2:00pm and the Environmental Clean-up Day is May 3rd.
• John McRae reminded the group about upcoming Tip-A-Cop and the PALS. Golf Tournament.
• Laura Davidson talked about Graffiti Reporting Day.
• Steven Thorne told the group Brian Sottile says “Hi”.
• Alice Roth gave information regarding the City Council honoring Brian Sottile, a 9/11 Ceremony in September at North Hollywood Park. She also relayed information on the Healthy Kids Day at North Hollywood Park April 12th and the Mayors Day of Service on May 3rd.
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