Our membership continues to grow in
numbers and our ability to assist members with training has been
enhanced, thanks to the outreach our current members have done and the
slight increase in biweekly dues. We promised our members that we
would be awarding scholarships this year and we have fulfilled on this
promise. On September 25, 2008, we will be awarding three $1,000.00
scholarships to qualified members who are currently furthering their
education. The honored recipients are: Captain Jeri Weinstein,
Lieutenant Ann Barrera and Officer Sha’quana Hall. Congratulations
and the best of luck to all of them. This is a very first for our
organization and we are very excited about being in a position where
we could assist our members in furthering their education with
scholarship assistance. LAWPOA, as an organization, will continue to
seek out ways to demonstrate equality and inclusiveness in everything
we do. To this end, earlier this year the board of directors
unanimously voted to re-title the name of the LAWPOA Woman of the Year
Award to LAWPOA Leadership Excellence Award. This new title will
ensure that both men and women LAWPOA members have equal opportunity
to be nominated for and be awarded these prestigious awards. The
awards will be divided into sworn and civilian categories. It is our
hope that both sworn and civilian LAWPOA members who have demonstrated
leadership excellence are equally represented. We are pleased to also
celebrate the selection of these honored recipients during the
September Awards Luncheon. The recipients are: Chief Psychologist
Kevin Jablonski (Civilian category) and Lieutenant II Kathryn Meek
(Sworn Category). Our congratulations to them both!!
Most of you know that in the past,
we have presented the Woman of the Year Award at the Women’s
Leadership Conferences during the lunch break. After consideration by
the board of directors, it was determined that these awards should be
presented during a special awards ceremony so those recipients may be
afforded the opportunity to have family, co-workers and supervisors
attend.
We are in the process of designing a
number of lunch training workshops. In the past few months we have
provided two workshops, 1) Doing your best on promotional oral
interviews and 2) Fearless Public Speaking. Both of the workshops
were well attended. Mark your calendars for the next workshop on
Emergency Preparedness to be given on October 15th in North
Hollywood Division. The announcement will be posted on the LANS.
Thank you all for your continued
expressions of confidence in LAWPOA!
On October 27, 2006 Officer Danita Marsh, Nashville (TN) police
officer, was ambushed while sitting in her patrol vehicle trying to
assist a domestic violence victim. That fateful day changed a lot of
lives. It changed Danita's Marsh's life forever. She is now
paralyzed from the waist
down.
Extreme Makeover-Home Edition has been asked to assist Officer Marsh in
achieving her goal that she vowed to walk again.
Show how much you believe in that goal by putting
your name down to let ABC
Producers know that we want this story of courage and determination
to make the show for a newly built house for Danita Marsh and her
son, to meet their special needs.
Save the date:
LAWPOA HOLIDAY MIXER:
December 11, 2008
We are pleased to announce that we will again sponsor a fundraiser
for the Good Shepherd Center for homeless women and children.
Also, a new and upcoming clothing line will be featured at this
year's Holiday Mixer. Lady Law Clothing will donate $10 to the
Good Shepherd Center for each suit purchased at the Mixer. See
additional information on Lady Law on our
Sites of Interest section.
Two-Day Workshop for Sergeants, Lieutenants and
Captain candidates (See
Calendar Section)
See the updated
Sites of Interest page for information posted regarding other
law enforcement and affiliate sites.
Effective October
2008, LAWPOA will officially be an Affiliate member
of the
International Association of Women Police (IAWP). As an
Affiliate member, LAWPOA will soon open its membership to
law
enforcement officers all over the world!
The Board of
Directors extends a warm welcome and thank you to LAPD
Chaplain Ferrol Robbins for accepting our invitation to be our
honorary
LAWPOA Chaplain!!
Best wishes and
congratulations go out to Detective Nadine Hernandez,
LAWPOA Treasurer, who will be working out of the Mayor’s Office in a
new assignment. Due to the time commitment needed for this
assignment, Nadine will be turning over her Treasurer duties to
Police Officer III Francine Briscoe, past Treasurer.
Good luck Nadine…we will miss you. Welcome back Fran!
CONGRATULATIONS
to LT II Tia Morris for her selection by the Modie Bell Foundation
for Special Recognition Awards!! Well deserved!!
MEMBER TRAINING FUNDS ARE
AVAILABLE -
Remember to contact the Hotline for prior approval. After approval,
send in your seminar/workshop receipts and completion certificate
to: P.O. Box 531067, Los Angeles, Ca. 90012.
New...for MEMBERS
ONLY:
Do you have a
question or concern that you would like our Board of Directors to
address?
- Send us an email.
We will soon be posting your questions (no names of course) with an
answer from the Board on our new Member Q & A Section!
CONGRATULATIONS to:
2008 Leadership Excellence
Award and Scholarship Winners!
2008 Leadership Excellence Award Winners
2008 Scholarship Winners
Scholarship Winner
Captain Jeri Weinstein
Scholarship Winner
Lieutenant Ann Barrera
Deputy Chief Charles Beck, LAWPOA President
Detective Deborah Gonzales and
Police Commissioner Vice President John Mack
Leadership Excellence Award Winners
Chief Psychologist Kevin Jablonski and Lieutenant II Kathryn Meek
Master of Ceremonies
Lieutenant Vic Denis
Left to Right: Detective Deborah Gonzales,
President, Detective Kimberly
Jones-Harris, 1st Vice President,
Sergeant Mary E. Kite, 2nd Vice President,
Officer Charlotte Broughton, 3rd Vice President,
MA II Antonia Diaz, Secretary, and
Detective Nadine Hernandez, Treasurer
