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Committee approves LAPD youth and cadet programs report, asks for follow-up on hiring and funding
Summary
The Committee on Public Safety voted to note and file a Los Angeles Police Department report describing cadet and youth pipeline programs and recommended steps to expand recruiting, but members asked for follow-up information on funding, background checks and ways to retain participants aged 18–21.
The Committee on Public Safety voted to note and file a Los Angeles Police Department report on March 5 that described the department’s cadet, POP, PAM and ECOP youth programs and recommended steps to expand recruitment and retention.
The report, presented by Commander Yusel Espinoza of the Los Angeles Police Department’s youth programs office, summarized program histories, participation numbers, funding sources and proposals to preserve a pipeline from cadet programs into civil and sworn positions. Committee members voted in favor of filing the report after brief discussion and requests for additional implementation details.
Commander Yusel Espinoza told the committee the cadet program — formerly the Police Explorer Program — “was established in…
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