5 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS HONORED.Byline: Donna Huffaker Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS - For Detective Michael Stangland,there was no resting up for his LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer of the Year award. The 25-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . was too
busy nabbing two robbery suspects early Saturday and locating handguns
tossed into a family's front yard to get a full eight hours sleep.
``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why I was selected,'' he said humbly, seated in front of his steak and baked potato at the 13th annual Law and Order Dinner hosted by the American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Post 826. Stangland was one of five law enforcement officials honored by the American Legion and the Woodland Hills Homeowners Organization, whose members wanted to say thanks for safeguarding their families. ``Without them, we wouldn't have a community,'' said Neil Baliber, finance officer for Post 826. ``They protect our property and save our lives.'' Those honored were Joseph Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , an engineer in the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. Fireman of the Year; Capt. Richard H. McClure, LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) Paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic of the Year; Jose Acosta, California Highway Patrol Officer of the Year; and Sgt. William L. Hines, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy of the Year. The recipients' supervisors recommended them for the honor. LAPD Capt. Jim Cansler said he chose Stangland because he consistently beat the department average in arrests made and cases closed. Plus, Stangland is dedicated to working a lot of extra hours - at all times of the night - and always goes that extra mile, Cansler said. A 2 a.m. armed robbery at Pizza Hut in Loehmann's Plaza pulled Stangland from warm sheets early Saturday. One suspect shot himself in the groin after stealing the money, so the other suspect drove him to the hospital. Stangland's investigation led him to the other suspect, who led him to two handguns he threw into a neighbor's yard. The money was recovered, the weapons were found and the suspects have been arrested, Cansler said. Stangland, a 50-year-old Thousand Oaks resident, said he had wanted to work in law enforcement since he was 5 years old - which, his wife Cathy said, is when he sported a plastic badge and toy gun holster. And after all these years, she said, it's still a little jarring to wake up and see that he's not next to her. But then she listened to the answering machine message about the armed robbery and it all made sense. ``He walked in the door and I said, Would you like some bacon and eggs?'' |
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