RESEDA POLICE MAGNET OPENS; HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM BECOMES FIFTH IN DISTRICT.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer As they scale ropes on an obstacle course obstacle course n. 1. A training course filled with obstacles, such as ditches and walls, that must be negotiated speedily by troops undergoing training or participants in an obstacle race. 2. behind Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. , Alondra Cuevas and Michael Salazar may represent the future 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 . . The two freshmen, who are cadets in the school's new police academy magnet program, will be learning to gather evidence at a crime scene, keep computerized records and build the physical strength police work demands. And although neither is dead-set on a life in law enforcement, their interest bodes well for a police department striving to reflect Los Angeles' changing ethnic make-up. ``It's getting more and more difficult to recruit people into the police department, especially people who are bilingual, or women,'' said Roberta Weintraub, executive director of the police magnet program. ``Our philosophy is, Start 'em young.'' Weintraub and a platoon of public officials will gather this morning to celebrate the opening of Reseda High School's police program, the fifth in Los Angeles. For the 40 Reseda students already enrolled, the program offers both training and discipline. They must maintain C averages, avoid drugs and alcohol, snap to attention in the presence of adults and perform at least 20 hours of community service each year. But the challenge of living up to a higher standard than their peers is attractive to some cadets. ``I didn't want to just take regular classes,'' said Salazar, 15. ``I would have been bored.'' The school district's Junior Police Academy Program began in 1996 with $250,000 in seed money from 20th Century Insurance and now includes 500 students. The academies are not cheap. Each costs about $1 million to create, with the money coming from private donations and government grants, Weintraub said. In spite of the expense, the program has drawn national attention. Administrators from a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school toured Reseda Thursday, looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. tips on running their own newly created police magnet. Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Skinner, program coordinator at EBC EBC Exhaled Breath Condensate EBC Executive Briefing Center EBC European Brewery Convention EBC Eastern Book Company EBC Early Breast Cancer EBC European Brain Council EBC Electronic Birth Certificate EBC Ella Baker Center for Human Rights - East New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of High School, stared in amazement at the 26 top-of-the-line computers in the Reseda police magnet's new lab. ``This is fantastic,'' she muttered before peppering Reseda officials with questions. While cadets use top-line equipment - including a new weight room that could put most health clubs to shame - such perks had little effect on their decision to join. Some said they signed on to the program out of interest in the classes, some because their parents pushed them into it. But several said Thursday that getting a taste of police work has sparked their interest in a career. ``If you're a cop, you 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. what's going to happen day to day - could be an accident, could be a drive-by,'' said Cuevas, 14. Even if cadets don't eventually choose a career in uniform, the program appears to instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. in them a sense of pride and responsibility, instructors said. LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Mark Horton, who teaches physical education to the Reseda cadets, said the program allows police to reach young people at an age when some begin to have run-ins with the law. ``I feel like I'm making an impact with a large group of kids instead of just going down to Blythe Street and arresting some gang members,'' he said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos PHOTO (1) Students enrolled in the police magnet program at Reseda High School use top-of-the-line computers in their new lab. Even if the students don't join the force, Horton said that the program allows police to reach young people at an age when some begin to have run-ins with the law. (2) LAPD Officer Mark Horton teaches physical education to the cadets in the school district's Junior Police Academy Program. Evan Yee/Daily News |
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