Community Policing
THE PROGRAM: The Los Angeles Police Department has assigned 31 officers to full-time community relations duty in the San Fernando Valley. The officers, who in the past spent only a few hours a month on such duty, now work full-time with neighborhood organizations and individuals. One of the 31 areas is described below:
Van Nuys
THE OFFICER: William McAllister
Van Nuys Division
(818) 989-8308
THE AREA: McAllister patrols a beat that is largely commercial, but includes some single-family houses and apartments. “We have a lot of stolen cars and a lot of cars broken into,” McAllister says of the area’s major problems. “We also have a lot of gangs and drugs.”
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