CPAB MEMBER

1.    Cary Adams
2.      Lucia  Affentranger
3.      Vickie Aguilar*
4.      Donald Baroni*
5.      Larry Blumenstein*
6.      Julia Bricklin*
7.      Joseph Bryant*
8.      Sandra Bryant*
9.      Elliot Constance
10.      Ron Dresher
11.      Jay Goldberg
12.      Chris Greene
13.      Sheri Herman
14.      Rafael Herrera*
15.      Suzi Hokom*
16.      Steve Horvitz
17.      Chris James
18.      Patricia Kane
19.      Daniel Khoury*
20.      Rose Lewis
21.      Willie Lewis
22.      Tony Martinez
23.      John McRae*
24.      Andrea Neuman*
25.      Herb Pencille
26.      Levis Pasco*
27.      Edward Pasco*
28.      Jose Pasco*
29.      Nick Pool*
30.      Eric Reuveni*
31.      Josh   Rubenstein
32.      Delores Sherrod*
33.      Pamela Ventura*
34.      Ralph Ventura*
35.      Jerrell Walls*
*Members not in attendance

GUESTS/OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE
1.    Sgt Dave Delgado                Senior Lead Office  OIC
2.    Officer Albert Valdez                               Community Relations Officer
3.    Officer Manny Arreygue (15A43)       North Hollywood Senior Lead Officer
4.    Officer Robert Benavides (15A67)    North Hollywood Senior Lead Officer
5.    Officer Jennifer Duvally   (15A33)    North Hollywood Senior Lead Officer
6.    Andy Taslchian                Community Guest
7.    Israel Hirsch                LAPD North Hollywood Chaplain
8.    Paul Bobek                Community Guest
9.    Rita Webber                Community Guest
10.    Grigor Bardakjian                Community Guest
11.    Mikayel Israyelyun            Community Guest

Calendar of Events

December 4th, 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – The Studio City Resident’s Association and Studio City Rec Center present the Winter Family Festival at Beeman Park (12621 Rye St., Studio City, CA 91604).

December 15th , 7:00 p.m. - Community Police Advisory Board (C-PAB) dinner located at Vitello’s Restaurant 4349 Tujunga Ave, Studio City, 91604.

North Hollywood Area will be conducting the following activities and visits during the holidays.  We are accepting unwrapped new toys, non-perishable food items and new or used jackets in our station lobby drop off box.  (See attached for additional Toy Box drop off locations)

-    December 15 - Head Start Schools and Loman School for the Disabled

-    December 17 - Senior Holiday Visit and A.R.C. (Activities for Retarded Children)
Holiday Adopt-A-Kid.

-    December 19 – Patrol Officer Toy Caravan

Tamar Galatzan - Los Angeles City Attorney

Tamar advised the board that Occupy LA protesters decided to occupy the San Fernando Valley Constituent Center located at 6262 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys.  The city of Los Angeles never issued permits for protesters to stay in this particular area.  Luckily the rain and weather conditions drove away the few protesters that set up tents in the area. 
She advised that transients are more than likely to be out on the streets because of budget constraints and the release of inmates from the jails.
In the area of medical marijuana clinics, Tamar advised that the city initially created an ordinance to allow over 70 businesses spread out throughout the city.  Once the ordinance was created and submitted to government officials, the city of Los Angeles was subjected to a lawsuit.  The federal government advised that city officials cannot approve medical marijuana dispensaries if they are against federal laws.  The city of Los Angeles is working on drawing up another city ordinance to hopefully resolve the many questions that we all have.  On a side note, one of the medical marijuana clinics in North Hollywood was recently shut down due to a lawsuit filed from the Walgreens pharmacy. The lawsuit was introduced because the mentioned clinic had the name Welgreens with the same logo as Walgreens. 

Committee Updates

Membership and Outreach Committee
Ron Dresher advised that he was working on acquiring three new C-PAB members to cover areas from the division that do not appear to be represented.  One of the candidates that was present during the meeting was Paul Bobek.  Chris Malykyan is another candidate because he is the Dean of Student at East Valley High School and he also represents the Armenian community.  He is also looking at recruiting a doctor for C-PAB.  On the outreach portion of his committee he advised that he is looking at identifying objectives that impact the community, schools, events, and other community related associations.


Emergency Response Committee
Sheri Herman advised the board that she had spoken to several members of the board and decided to start creating a database to utilize during an emergency.  She will be meeting with Senior Lead Officers in order to point out key stakeholders.  Due to the upcoming holidays, she has tabled mentioned meetings with the SLOs until January.


Public Safety Committee
Herb Pencille advised that they had been working on creating a bicycle theft prevention and safety bulletin.  Sgt Delgado advised the board that the bulletin was finalized and ready for distribution.  


Neighborhood Watch Committee
Jay Goldberg advised that he had 86 Neighborhood Watch groups setup on the south end of the division.  He stated that they were all actively communicating online and doing surveillance on shared cameras. 


Josh Rubenstein reviewed policies with C-PAB members and handed out the proposed bylaws.  He explained that C-PAB members need to call in to Officer Valdez to be excused from C-PAB.   C-PAB wants to enforce the rule of having no more than three unexcused absences.He advised that meetings will not be cancelled even if the Captains and Co-chair are unavailable in order to keep continuity and progress within the committees.  Josh also asked for more input from the board and from the Department to have a more effective C-PAB for the New Year.  Officer Valdez briefed the board on station security and explained appropriate procedures when visiting the station.

Matt Randall is an LAFD CERT trainer and briefed C-PAB on statistics on persons that were trained in the past.  He stated that last year approximately 60,000 people were CERT certified and not too many of them actually continue with the program.  He wants to recruit members and have set teams with proper equipment to beprepared to go out in case of an emergency.

Kevin Mackelvie is part of mid-city neighborhood council has 50 CERT backpacks.  He stated that he would reach out to the council and request additional equipment for C-PAB if teams are formed.

Area and Patrol Update

Captain Whittingham provided a brief update on Occupy LA. Twenty six arrests were made near the Bank of America.  Eighteen additional pre-determined arrests were made during the protest with minor incidents.  The Captain advised the board on the Hats Off Program.  He stated that the purpose of the Hats Off program is to urge business owners to post a sign asking customers to take off their hats and sweatshirt hoods before entering.  Hoodies and hats are often worn by criminals to shield their faces during robberies and break-ins.  It’s a program that has been used in other communities and it has reduced robberies significantly.He advised C-PAB to assist in getting the word out to local businesses.

The Captain also informed the board on the Lock It - Hide It - Keep It campaign.  He also asked the board to pass the word out.  The Captain went over constitutional policing and asked the board to make certain that they contribute their 50% to have the perfect partnership between the Department and the community.

S.L.O. Update

Officer Robert Benavides (15A67)
Officer Benavides informed the board that overall year-to-date crime is down 10%.  Burglaries are down approximately 30%.  The Blue Moon Night Club will have significant changes beginning on November 28th due to all the issues that they have had in the past.

Officer Manny Arreygue (15A43)
Officer Arreygue advised that crime is overall down in his area due to the efforts of the community and the Department.

Officer Jennifer Duvally (15A33)
Officer Duvally advised that the SLOs are there to serve the community in various ways.  Overall crime was down in her area as well.


Public Comment

•    Ron Dresher advised the board on the progress of the Membership and Outreach Committee.  Currently speaking to 17 to 25 potential members.
•    Lucia Affentranger advised that she will be resigning at the beginning of the New Year due to the need of time for the family.
•    Sheri Herman commented on a robbery that was handled in a professional manner by Officers.


Next C.P.A.B Meeting Thursday, January19, 20122011