The year 2020 was to have been the first time in many years that an LAPD all-reserve team entered the annual Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay race, which had been scheduled for April 4–5. The team met and trained at Elysian Park before the race was canceled due to COVID-19.
The Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation (LAPRF) first posted on Facebook in 2011 as part of an initiative to raise awareness and tell the story of the LAPD Reserve Corps and to recruit potential candidates. Today, the Facebook page continues to engage with the community.
As The Rotator went to press, the standard qualification calendar was replaced with this notice, which was posted in the LAPD In-Service Training Facebook group by Captain Peter Casey on May 26, and shared to the LAPD Reserve Officers group: