COUNCIL MARVELS AT PARK'S REVIVAL.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer Proudly showing off a cleaner, brighter and safer MacArthur Park, the City Council held a special meeting Wednesday night on the formerly crime-plagued grounds. The meeting came just a week after the Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize Rampart Review Panel released its report on the 1999 police scandal that shed light on the rampant crime and corruption in the division and around MacArthur Park. Since then, 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 . has turned the
Rampart Division into a model of modern community policing by increasing
bicycle patrols and surveillance cameras in the park, and cracking down
on small-time small·time or small-time adj. Informal Insignificant or unimportant; minor: a smalltime actor. small criminals before they could graduate to more serious offenses. Those strategies, together with collaboration between police and the community, helped drive drug dealers, gamblers and gang members out of MacArthur Park. ``Five years ago, no one could have imagined that we would ever host a City Council meeting at MacArthur Park,'' said Councilman Ed Reyes Ed P. Reyes has served on the Los Angeles City Council since April 2001. A native of Northeast Los Angeles, Councilmember Reyes represents many of the neighborhoods he grew up in including Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park. , who represents the area. ``Once home to the city's highest homicide rates, MacArthur Park has transformed from neglected park to a popular spot for families to enjoy picnics, joggers to exercise and people to walk their dogs.'' Police Chief William Bratton, who toured the park with Reyes during his first months on the job, said Wednesday the park is at the center of a revitalized city center. ``This will anchor the growth of downtown and bring the `miracle' back to Miracle Mile Miracle Mile can refer to the following places:
The council also used Wednesday's meeting to endorse Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Million Trees Initiative, a citywide program that will emphasize the use of drought-tolerant varieties as it ``greens'' blighted neighborhoods and the areas around schools and along the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. . Project leaders will premiere the Million Trees Initiative Web site today, with the official launch of the tree-planting effort slated for the fall. kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Councilman Dennis Zine hugs LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Chief William Bratton and thanks the department for controlling crime at MacArthur Park, site of an unusual Wednesday night council meeting. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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