HIGH SCHOOL'S WANNABE COPS HAVE RIGHT STUFF, BRATTON SAYS.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
NORTH HILLS - 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 Chief William Bratton looked out Monday at the 150 cadets in the Police Academy magnet program at James Monroe High School James Monroe High School may refer to:
With the academics, training and discipline they're learning, the chief told them, the sky's the limit. And he sure wouldn't mind seeing more than a few of them wearing an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. uniform someday some·day adv. At an indefinite time in the future. Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime. . "You're the best and the brightest, the future of this city," Bratton said. "We don't want to lose you." 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 9,432 officers -- more than
two dozen of whom have come through Monroe's program. And with a
goal of having 10,000 cops by 2010, the LAPD hopes training programs
like Monroe's will keep turning out potential recruits.
Monroe High seniors Daniel Ortega, Manuel Limon, Gabriela Alcaraz and Sebastian Skibicki are among those who aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for law enforcement careers after spending a few years in the military or community college. A few of them plan to hire on as LAPD community police aides, earning $16.50 an hour plus benefits, after they graduate from high school. "This program has challenged us academically -- and motivated and encouraged us," Skibicki said. "I think we all feel some obligation and desire to work in the law enforcement or community-service field." There are 1,200 students enrolled in police magnet programs in five high schools and two middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . They take a broad approach to the study of law, with community service as an integral part of the curriculum. But Bratton said he wasn't at the North Hills campus on a recruiting trip Monday. The chief was there to say thanks to the kids and their instructors for being positive forces in their community. "With gangs and so many other diversions, it's not easy being a young person in Los Angeles today," he said. "You have daily challenges, stresses and strains I never had as a student. "You should be proud of yourselves. You are special. Take advantage of this opportunity and go on to be whatever you want to be in life. "On a more selfish note, I sure would like to see some of you in the uniform of an LAPD officer someday. That would make me so proud." dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3749 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Los Angeles Police Department Chief William Bratton inspects James Monroe High School's magnet Police Academy cadets and color guard members Monday in North Hills. (2) LAPD Chief William Bratton smiles after receiving a T-shirt from Police Academy cadets on Monday. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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