Officer Pete Llanes conducted the meeting.
He introduced himself to meeting attendees and gave a brief rundown of his affiliation
with the Pacific Division. From 1993 – 1995 he was our Senior Lead Officer
and has worked the basic car in our area for the past fifteen years. In eight
years he is eligible to retire.
Officer Llanes, as previously reported in past meeting minutes, mentioned that
Jessie Rincon was shot and killed in the Mar Vista Gardens. The police feel
it was his own gang or click who did it. Three weeks ago another person from
the same gang was killed in the Mar Vista Gardens. There is speculation that
the two killings are related. The Culver City Boyz are heavily recruiting gang
members as many of their members are in jail. The Venice 13 gang is also recruiting
members and uses blue paint for their tagging. Currently both gangs are very
active.
Rumor:
The Mar Vista Garden Housing Project was sold to UCLA.
Charlotte De Meo (sp) reported the Community Gardens was it by theaves in the
darkness of night. Stolen were lava rocks, plants in the garden, plants in pots
and bags of mulch.
Officer Llanes gave out his cell phone number, 310-622-3972 to meeting attendees.
If an emergency exists, call 911.
Harvey
who resides in the neighborhood across from the mar Vista Gardens, was reported
to be running an auto repair business in an alley adjacent to his home.
One
attendee requested that the community continue the tradition established by
Susan Wagner of feeding the police officers on duty New Years Eve.
Last
year members of the community donated their time on two consecutive Saturdays
to clean up the Pacific Division grounds. A meeting attendee suggested we have
a clean up every 3 – 6 months . Another suggested April and October. This
will be discussed at the July meeting.
Bob
Decosentine brought up the topic of Operation Alley ID. This project was born
under Pete Casey’s tenure, however, it was never implemented. It entails
painting house numbers discussed when Officer Casey conducted our meetings but
it never got off of the ground.
lanes asked us think about it and discuss it at the July meeting. Others mentioned every 3 monthsOfficer Llanes asked meeting attendees to think about it and it will be discuss at the next meeting. would like to do this on a regular basis.
announced
that Officer Pete Yannes is our new Senior Lead Officer replacing Sgt. Beacham.
He will be on board the first week in June. When he takes his new post the phone
that was assigned to Sgt. Beacham will be activated and given to Officer Yannes.
We
were reminded that for non-emergency situations to phone 1-877-ASKLAPD.
If you have trouble getting through to the front desk at Pacific Division, phone
the Watch Commander.
There
was a question about police working under cover. Officer Yannes stated that
when police go under cover they do not notify the public. If police gave feedback
to the public it could endanger the police or blow the case. It can take as
long as a year or more for the police to build a case. Most of the time it is
not a simple task.
On Wednesday, approximately 9:00 p.m., shots were fired at Inglewood and Allin. Luckily, no one was hit and the bullet casings were recovered from the scene. One of the neighbors got a good description of the get away car. The gang unit is working on this.
In the Marcasel neighborhood 13 and 14 year olds are breaking into homes. They
knock on the door and ask to go into the back yard to retrieve a ball. Then,
a few days later the homes are broken into.
Want to make some extra money? If you see someone doing graffiti or graffiti
that needs to be painted out, advise the police. If the police apprehend the
perpetrators, you will receive a reward.
Sgt.Chace
is in charge of gang units. The Gang Unit phone number is 310-840-2159.
If
you are bothered by loud bands playing at parties accompanied by drugs and alcohol,
call 1-877-ASK LAPD. Live bands must have permits whether they play indoors
or outdoors.
Meeting
attendee input…
An Hispanic man and his girl friend are living in a car at Mesmer and Juniette.
The female is propositioning men.
Meeting attendees expressed their feelings upon hearing of the passing of Susan
Wagner. Many praised her dedication and participation in the Community Based
Police Meetings.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Brier