During the visit to the Washoe County Detention Facility Reno, Nevada
Latino Citizens Police Academy Class of 2001
The students of the LCPA 2001 completed a 11 week informational Academy sponsored by the Reno Police Dept., Washoe County S.O., State Parole and Probation, Nevada Highway Patrol, Sparks Police Dept., Juvenile Services, Washoe County School Police, Washoe County D.A's Office and the Latino Peace Officers Association. The informational academy focused on teaching future leaders of the Hispanic Community the tools required to better understand the law, police procedures and the court system.
During the visit to the Washoe County
Detention Facility Reno, Nevada
The students of the LCPA played a major role on the beautification of the Locust Street area. This area has been plagued with gang violence during the past year and the residents wanted to "take back their streets". The Reno Police Department had implemented the Neighborhood Contact Teams. These are groups of Officers that walk the streets and survey the residents of the area. They gauged that the residents were concerned with the gang problems, but the #1 issue was the trash. This "trash" included abandoned cars and houses, graffiti, and garbage on the streets. The police department gathered all the resources available in the area and called a residents meeting. The result of the meeting was the project proudly named "Livin' La Vida Locust".
Residents, police, and local businesses came together one early Saturday morning in November and took the streets, Armed with garbage bags, rakes, shovels, and a lot of coffee the residents and LCPA volunteers forged ahead and filled six HUGE dumpsters full of trash!! The LCPA volunteers were ready- in full uniform, leading the effort. More and more residents joined the fun and effort. By days end the LCPA volunteers had made a positive change in their community
During the clean-up project more than 200 cubic-yards of trash, debris and discarded furniture among other items was collected. LCPA participants were in full uniform on the clean-up project.
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