Reserve Officers Ryan Matsui, William Hurt and Kenji Inaba graduated from the five-day FBI firearms instructor course, hosted at the Elysian Park Academy. HITS or HITS candidates (Bonus score of 380 or higher) should contact the Firearms Unit for consideration for the next EP class.
Read MoreCongratulations to LAPD Chaplain Reserve Officer Michael McCullough on his retirement after more than 40 years of service. He was appointed a Department chaplain in 1977, and in 1991 he attended and graduated from the Academy as a reserve officer, the first priest ever to do so.
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In 1976 I was working bookies as a Vice assignment. I knew about bookies and their vernacular because I hung around them in Nikola’s Restaurant. In August of ’76, the Department sent me over to get my rain coat near Monterey Park, and I arranged to meet with my business partner, Chuck, at Skippy’s Golden Gopher, which was just up the street.
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