”It was all hands on deck for the Saddleridge Fire, and our LAPD reserves did not hesitate to respond,” LAPD HQ tweeted on October 13. “Because when the community needs you the most, being ‘Twice a Citizen’ takes on a life and death importance.”
Since July, a miniseries of episodes on the Department’s podcast, Our LAPD Story, has focused on what it’s like to become an LAPD reserve police officer. The Reserve Journey Miniseries follows Public Information Director Josh Rubenstein as he embarks on this path, including his first day at the Academy, firearms training and learning first aid.
Reserve police officers participated in “Tip a Cop” days at California Pizza Kitchen in the FIGat7th shopping mall to raise money for City of Hope in honor of “Pink Patch” Breast Cancer Awareness Month.