Police Boards

LAPD Commission President Edith Perez makes a statement demeaning and lacking in tact when she says neighborhood councils have become “booster groups” (Jan. 24). Perhaps if she attended the Hollywood Community-Police Advisory Board meetings she would see, firsthand, the tremendous contribution it makes to those residents they represent, without slapping each other on the back.

Division Commander Connie Dial consistently fills vacancies with active members of the community representing business, property owners, youth, seniors and service organizations, with the co-leadership of Merle Singer and Gary Minzer. Perhaps Commissioner T. Warren Jackson and Perez should withhold their criticisms until they review the success we live with on a daily basis.

EUGENE AUSTIN, Exec. Dir.

Argyle Civic Assn.

Hollywood