“Gas Day” serves as a rite of passage for Academy Class 6-19R.

Due to the COVID-19 virus, all national law enforcement memorials were canceled in May. Reserve Officers Rich Duran and Vance Bjorklund, assigned to the Office of Support Services in the LAPD Honor Guard, honored the law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2019. There were 135 officers killed in the line of duty throughout the nation in 2019 (as per the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund) who were to be honored in Washington, D.C., in May.…

In March, as the Department authorized the wearing of BDUs during the COVID-19 crisis, the LAPRF Board of Directors voted to reimburse reserve officers who purchase the wash-and-wear utility uniforms during the period.