$400,000 PLEDGED TO PAY FOR MORE POLICE EQUIPMENT.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer A group of business leaders who formed a foundation to support the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. got off to a great start Wednesday, receiving $400,000 in pledges at its inaugural luncheon. Police officials hope the new Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Foundation can raise $2 million to $3 million annually to help pay for equipment and training not included in the department's $1 billion city budget. Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said there are bicycles, normally used by police officers, that are not working, and officers could use video cameras, laptop computers and night-vision goggles goggles, n the protective eyewear worn by dental personnel and patients during dental procedures. goggles see periocular leukotrichia. to do a better job fighting crime. Members of the foundation raised the pledges during a luncheon after they were introduced at Parker Center Parker Center is the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. Originally with the prosaic name, the Police Administration Building, ground for the center was broken on December 30, 1952 , said Cmdr. Dave Kalish, a department spokesman. ``It's going to be an important and exciting project,'' said Foundation Board President Pam Mullin. Police Commission President Edith Perez praised the group, which Parks and Mullin enlisted from the city's corporations. In addition to Mullin, the foundation board includes Police Commissioner and Galpin Ford head Bert Boeckmann, Arco Chairman Mike Bowlin, former Police Commission President Enrique Hernandez Jr., Sun America Inc. chairman Eli Broad and Universal Studios chairman Frank Biondi. |
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