Police Officer III+I Graciela Brady

During the year of 2007, Police Officer III+I Grace Brady, Serial No. 27024, was selected as the Detective of the quarter for the 1st Quarter and 4th Quarter of 2007.  Brady is a tenured police officer who has been a member of the Los Angeles Police Department for more than 17 years.  Brady is currently assigned to South Traffic Division’s (STD) Traffic Detective Section as an investigator, where she has been for over a year.  Her job duties consist of investigating all misdemeanor cases, hit and run felony traffic collisions, and felony traffic related arrests.

Brady is a conscientious employee who takes pride in handling her workload.  She handled her duties with ease, conducting investigations that were complete and well written and instrumental in the reduction of backlogged cases.  As a team player, she frequently provides Spanish translation for her coworkers that do not speak Spanish.  Brady’s interactions with the public and her coworkers are always positive and helpful.

During the year, STD experienced an influx of fatal collisions involving pedestrians.  Brady participated in a sting operation to reduce the number of fatal collisions involving pedestrians.  She was responsible for ensuring that the local news media were invited to this operation for public awareness and enforcement.  The sting operation resulted in numerous citations being issued to motorists for failing to yield for pedestrians inside crosswalks, and included vehicles being impounded for unlicensed drivers.  Brady provided invaluable input into the operation, which illustrated her drive, motivation and enthusiasm to improve the safety of the citizens that live within Operations-South Bureau.  Brady’s supervisors are extremely pleased with the way she has routinely completed thorough fatal traffic supervisors are extremely pleased with the way she has routinely completed thorough fatal traffic collision investigations and arrests, which includes filing and presenting cases to prosecuting agencies.

Brady has been married for more that 6 years to a retired Los Angeles Police Department Motor Officer and they have a 6 year old son Vincent.  Brady is a native of Los Angeles who grew up in Northeast Area and graduated from Franklin High School.

During the latter quarter of 2007, Brady showed compassion and sympathy to a grieving mother whose child was killed in a traffic collision.  She made herself available to the grieving mother, and provided valuable information and resources to assist her with the loss of her child.  It is with great pride that the men and women of STD recognize Brady’s compassion, initiative and productivity, in selecting her to represent the Traffic Detective Section as the Detective of the Year 2007.