LAPD in partnership with the National Council on Alcohol & Drug Dependence presents “Every 15 Minutes” NA18050ne

March 21, 2018

WHAT: The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Operations-Valley Bureau and Valley Traffic Division are partnering with Councilmembers Monica Rodriguez, Mitch Englander, LA Fire Department, California Highway Patrol, and Community Leaders to present a program/dramatization that provides realistic staging of students killed in deadly crashes.

WHEN: Monday, March 19, 2018 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: Bishop Alemany High School 11111 Alemany Drive Mission Hills, CA 91345

WHO: Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, Los Angeles City Councilmember, Council District 7 Councilwoman Mitch Englander, Los Angeles City Councilmember, Council District 12 LAPD Deputy Chief John Sherman, Commanding Officer, Operations Valley Bureau LAPD Commander Jorge Rodriguez, Assistant Commanding Officer, Operations Valley Bureau LAPD Captain II Andrew Neiman, Commanding Officer, Valley Traffic Division Los Angeles Fire Department California Highway Patrol Members of the National Council for Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the San Fernando Valley Bishop Alemany High School Principal, Dr. David Chambers

DETAILS: Prom season and high school graduations are approaching, and so is that time of years when teen parties far too frequently result in tragedy. For the second time, the California Highway Patrol’s renowned Every 15 Minutes program will be presented in the San Fernando Valley. Students will witness the staged wreckage of DUI crash, see “bloodied” classmates pulled from the tangled mess, watch as paramedics whisk friends to a trauma center and react to the “deaths” of two students. The goal of this shock-value presentation is prevention – getting young people to think before they drink and to truly visualize the consequences of poor choices.

Any questions feel free to call the National Council for Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the San Fernando Valley at 818-997-0414.