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LAPD describes cadet, magnet and ACOP programs as council seeks options to expand hiring pipeline
Summary
The LAPD told the City Council Public Safety Committee that its cadet, Police Academy magnet and college pathway programs reach roughly 2,000 youth citywide and urged options to expand the Associate Community Officer (ACOP) pipeline, which has been frozen amid budget and background-check changes.
The Los Angeles Police Department told the City Public Safety Committee on March 5 that its youth pipeline includes about 2,000 participants across cadet posts, Police Academy magnet schools and college pathway programs, and that the department would return with options to expand the Associate Community Officer (ACOP) program amid a city hiring freeze.
Commander Gisela Espinosa, who oversees LAPD youth programs, told the committee the cadet program “consists of 26 cadet posts citywide” and reported 1,069 cadets currently enrolled across those posts. She said the Cadet Leadership Academy runs twice annually and that the department provides facilities, assigned officer salaries and equipment, with additional donor funding for some activities. “We recruit at a variety [of] events and locations within the community,” Espinosa said.
The department presented…
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