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Monday, MAY 11, 2015 - May 17, 2015 - Volume 6, No. 19
LACoFD USAR Team Assists with Rescue of Teen Boy From Rubble in Nepal
The USAID DART rescues a teen in Nepal 5 days after the earthquake.
- Photos courtesy USAID DART
A Disaster Assistance Response Team that includes members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department assisted with the rescue of a 15-year-old boy from rubble on Thursday— five days after a devastating
earthquake hit Nepal. The DART, which is part of the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, was deployed upon the request of Nepal’s government to assist with
rescue and recovery efforts following Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake. “The whole operation was dangerous, but it’s risk versus gain,” said Los Angeles County Fire Captain Andrew Olvera, who is part of
the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team. “To save a human life, we’ll risk almost everything.” USA-1, a USAR team from Fairfax, Virginia, was
In Late January letters from the “Masonic Fraternal Police Department” (MFPD) were sent via United States mail and were addressed to Chiefs of select law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California. The letters were sent to advise these Chiefs that “David Henry” had been elected as Chief of the MFPD, which immediately created suspicion and confusion within the law enforcement community.
Shortly after law enforcement agencies began receiving letters, many began receiving calls from an individual who identified himself as “Chief Deputy Director Brandon Kiel,” requesting meetings with each agency’s chief. Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department began their involvement with this investigation when a meeting was scheduled with Captain Roosevelt John-
son of Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. During Captain Johnson’s meeting with members of MFPD, his suspicions were aroused when they could not answer basic questions about MFPD’s jurisdiction and overall department mission. The group claimed that they were descendants of the “Knights Templar” and that their police agency had been in existence for 3000 years. Additionally, they claimed that MFPD had
sovereign jurisdiction in 33 States and across the border in Mexico. Detectives conducted a thorough investigation in collaboration with several law enforcement agencies and determined MFPD was not a legitimate police agency. On April 29th, 2015, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detectives, deputies from Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and Sheriff’s Special SEE PG. 5
Assemblymember Chris Holden’s (D-Pasadena) bill to reform the Buy Here, Pay Here used car industry has been unanimously approved in the Assembly and now goes to the Senate for consideration. The vote was 75 to 0.
Under AB 265, Buy Here, Pay Here dealerships must provide a 10-day notification before a remote kill device can be used to disable a car for lack of payment. Current law requires only a 48 hour warning before a car can be disabled due to late payments,
or insurance cancellation or even a clerical error – and the consequences can be disastrous. “The people using these dealers of last resort often have bad credit scores and limited incomes making them vulnerable to repossessions
when a payment is late. This bill gives them several extra days to figure out how to find the money to make that payment,” said Assemblymember Holden. “At the end of the day, keeping people in their cars, going to their jobs enables them to make their payments
SEE PG. 5
Multi-Agency Investigation Leads to Arrest of 3 for Impersonating Police Officers
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Schiff Writes Letter to Metro Board Members Opposing 710 Tunnel Alternative After EIR Released
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) sent a letter to Chairman Eric Garcetti and members of the Los Angeles Metro Board opposing the SR 710 North freeway tunnel alternative proposed in the SR 710 North Study by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(Metro). In the letter, Schiff pushes the Board and Metro to instead study a more innovative, multimodal approach, combining mass transit, bikeways, new parks to improve air quality and more efficient ways of moving cargo. "Metro could help reshape the transportation fu-
Reps from the Gold Line Construction Authority advised Monrovia that a dedication ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Maintenance and Operations Campus will be held on May 23, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. As part of that celebration, a portion of the event that day will include the dedication of the park plaza located
at the south-east corner of Evergreen and California. That particular park property, which has been named Evergreen Plaza by the Gold Line Construction Authority, will at some point be deeded over to the City. Representatives from the Gold Line have been working with city staff to coordinate the process of transferring the park to the City.
SEE PG. 7
Gold Line Operations Campus Grand Opening Ceremony Set for May 23
- Photo by Terry Miller
Holden’s New Rules for Buy Here, Pay Here Car Lots Pass Assembly AB265 and that benefits both the driver and the dealer.” According to the National Alliance of Buy Here, Pay Here Dealers, the average dealer sold 610 cars in 2013 with an average profit of more than $4500. There are more than 33,000 dealer-
ships across the country. AB 265 has support from law enforcement, consumer groups as well as industry groups and has received overwhelming bi-partisan support in both policy and fiscal committees.