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• CSP Officers Arzaga and Diaz were contacted by teachers at
Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary School. The teachers shared a
concern that a five-year-old student’s family was struggling to
provide food in the home. With nowhere to turn, the teacher’s
reached out to these officers, due to a previously established
relationship and in support of the family’s desperate needs.
Officers Arzaga and Diaz rose to the challenge, purchased a
week’s worth of food, and then personally delivered the food
items to the family.
• In collaboration with community partners, CSP officers
supported a food giveaway for community members residing in
the Gonzaque Village housing development.
• Since March 23rd, the CSP teams have provided ongoing
support of a food delivery and distribution program tailored for
seniors and adults with disabilities and residing in our 5 housing
developments within the Watts Community.
• The CSP efforts are strengthened through partnerships with
local churches, schools, and private partners which enable
officers to provide gift cards and basic needs to families. These
charitable outreach efforts, bolstered through our community
partners, cement our position as a “trusted guardian” of the
community.
• Members of the CSP team, in partnership with the non-profit,
Operation Progress, secured the funding for air conditioners
and then delivered and installed air conditioners, during the
recent heat wave, to families in the Watts Community.
• The LA Rams donated 25 Microsoft Surface tablets to the
players of the Watts Rams, a youth football team, to assist with
online learning. The LA Rams will also provide each youth
player a souvenir package and new gear with the team’s new
logo. These items will be disseminated to youth players by their
coaches, who are LAPD Officers.
• Members of the South Park CSP Team (South Los Angeles)
developed “Mow with a Cop” to provide yard beautification
services to the elderly, veterans, and disabled citizens in our
community, during the “Stay at Home” period.
• On April 3rd, the LAPD teamed up with The Hero in You
Foundation and hosted a virtual assembly to educate students
about safe social distancing via a community outreach livestream.
This virtual assembly was livestreamed on LAPD’s
Facebook Page, in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified
School District and the Los Angeles School Police Department.
The livestream garnered approximately 14,700 viewers
and the sentiment was overwhelmingly positive based on viewer
comments, including requests for more virtual community
outreach opportunities and livestreamed episodes.
• The Alixir Company, in partnership with the Venice Chamber
of Commerce, donated much needed hand sanitizer to our
Pacific Community Police Station. The CEO, Alix Peabody,
recognized a need to produce hand sanitizer for first responders,
then produced government approved hand sanitizer, and
quickly distributed it to our front-line police officers.
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