RIDERS PLAN TO DEAL HAND FOR CHARITY; 100-MILE POKER RUN WILL RAISE AID FOR SLAIN OFFICERS' FAMILIES.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. sergeant once again is organizing a charity motorcycle ride, which he calls a poker run A Poker run (also known as a Poker Derby) is an organized event using a motorcycle, boat, car or other form of transportation where participants travel over a predesignated route and, at designated stops on the route, draw playing card(s). , to assist the families of fallen peace officers throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Robert Norlemann of the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, sheriff's station is soliciting merchants and bikers for the Aug. 24 event aimed at raising at least $10,000 for 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 . Family Support
Group, an organization of 35 widows of peace officers who offer grief
counseling and other support to families of fallen cops. The
organization helps regardless of whether the family is mourning an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer or an officer from another department in the region, Norlemann said. ``This is an important group because, after the funeral After the Funeral is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1953 under the title of Funerals are Fatal , the department can't always be there,'' Norlemann said. ``But these people stay with the families and help them through the tough times.'' The group was formed in 1983 by a widow of an LAPD officer and by Daryl Gates, then the LAPD chief. Last year Norlemann organized a 77-mile ride with five checkpoints. At each checkpoint, riders picked playing cards from a deck and received instructions on where to go next. At the end of the ride, participants compared cards to see who had the best and worst poker hands. Prizes were awarded for high and low hands. The ride raised almost $5,000 for its cause. This year's ride will be a 100-mile poker run. Norlemann said LAPD Interim Chief Bayan Lewis, Deputy Chief Mark Kroeker and Assistant Chief Frank Piersoll plan to attend. Once again the charity ride will start in front of Accessories Unlimited at 24508 Lyons Ave., a motorcycle shop in Newhall. Check-in time will be 8 a.m., and ride pins will be distributed to the first 500 bikers there. Captain Cardiac and the Coronaries, a Santa Clarita-based rock band, will perform some of its hits, and there also will be a stunt show. Entry will be $15 per person and $25 per couple, with all proceeds to help the support group. Norlemann said he hopes to start a college scholarship fund this year for the children of slain officers. ``The plan is to put the money (raised) in an interest-earning account and give it to some of the kids for school,'' Norlemann said. |
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