FATHER, SON FIND FAMILIAR TERRITORY POLICE: TWO HAVE MADE LAPD CAREERS INTO A FAMILY AFFAIR.Byline: Rick Coca Staff Writer While it was Michael Coblentz Sr. who was retiring after nearly 32 years with the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. , it was Michael Coblentz Jr. who was doing the teaching Tuesday -- schooling Dad on the intricacies of the patrol car computer. "I'm getting some OJT OJT On-The-Job Training OJT Office de Justification des Tirages (predecessor of OJD) up here," Mike Sr., 56, quipped about the on-the-job training Mike Jr. provided while the two shared a patrol car in Van Nuys. Mike Jr., 30, who works out of the 77th Division in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , came to the Van Nuys Division to ride shotgun with his dad, who patrolled the neighborhood he grew up in for what could be the last time as a 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 . officer.
Fellow officers at the Van Nuys station applauded the father-and-son team and congratulated Coblentz on his retirement during a roll call Tuesday. Coblentz will officially retire at the end of March. A lead homicide detective for the past two years for the Van Nuys Division, Mike Sr. joined the force in November 1976. For the Van Nuys native and graduate of Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). , his police career ends where the dream began, in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . "I've wanted this since I was probably 11, 12 years old," Coblentz said. The Air Force veteran also earned an associate of arts Associate of arts and Associate of science are two-year undergraduate degrees offered by many community colleges or junior colleges in the United States. Such degrees transfer to four-year institutions which offer full bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees. degree in justice administration from Los Angeles Valley College LAVC redirects here. For the software library, see libavcodec. The university is adjacent to Grant High School. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was . The familiarity with the San Fernando Valley had advantages and a few awkward drawbacks for Coblentz. In the early years, he occasionally arrested people he knew. "I used to work a foot beat on Delano and Blythe," he said. "I grew up with a lot of guys in that area. I think they were more surprised (when they ran into me). "And I was surprised, too." Coblentz has worked various assignments in the department, including legal affairs, robbery homicide and critical incident investigations. Landing serial killer serial killer Forensic psychiatry A person who commits serial murders Prototypic SK White ♂ age 30; 97% are ♂; 80% are sociopaths. See Dahmer, Depraved heart murder, Ice Man. Cf Megan's law, Son of Sam law. Glen Rogers, dubbed the "Cross Country Killer," in 1995 is one of his career highlights. Coblentz and his partner Detective Angel Lopez -- who like Coblentz has nearly 32 years on the force and will retire the same day as his friend -- were on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout Rogers after they pegged him as the murderer of 31-year-old Sandra Gallagher in Van Nuys in 1995. On Sept. 29, 1995, Rogers strangled Gallagher, a woman he met at a bar, before setting her corpse on fire, Coblentz said. "We chased him all over the country." Accused of also murdering women in Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana, Rogers was captured in Kentucky. "He's currently sitting on Death Row in a Florida state prison Florida State Prison (FSP), also known as Raiford Prison (because of its proximity to Raiford, Florida) or Starke Prison, formerly known as Union Correctional Institution,[1] is a correctional facility located in Starke, Florida in Bradford County. ," Coblentz said. Mike Jr. said he always thought he'd become a cop like his dad. After a stint in the Marine Corps, that's exactly what he did. "You're always hearing how much fun Dad is having at work," Mike Jr. said. Once he became a cop, Mike Jr. learned a lesson he could not quite understand as a child: Be aware of your surroundings. Mike Sr. thinks his son has learned it well. "Mike's got a good sense of people," he said. "He's alert." By all accounts, parent-offspring patrols are a rarity at the LAPD. But the department is encouraging more officers to recruit from their own families, Sgt. Dave Cueto -- whose brother is also an LAPD officer -- said at the roll call. While Mike Sr. said his mother wasn't too happy when he said he wanted to become a police officer, Mike Jr. said he had an easier time of it with his mom. "She took it a lot better than when I told her I was going to join the Marine Corps." rick.coca(at)dailynews.com 818-713-3329 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) LAPD Detective Michael Coblentz, right, says his son Michael Coblentz Jr. has a good sense of people. "He's alert." (2) LAPD Detective Michael Coblentz, right, says his son Michael Coblentz Jr. has a good sense of people. "He's alert." Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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