RESOLUTION

Sergeant II+I Joseph E. Priebe Serial Number 21926

WHEREAS, Sergeant II+I Joseph E. Priebe will retire on January 8, 2010 after 32 1/z years of honorable and dedicated service from the Los Angeles Police Department; and

WHEREAS, he w~s born on June 19, .1953 in Van Nuys, California; and

WHEREAS, Sgt. Priebe attended school in Reseda, California at Shirley Elementary School, Sequoia Junior High and graduated from Reseda High School in 1971. Thereafter, he graduated from Los Angeles Valley College in 1976 earning an Associate of Arts Degree in Administration of Justice; and

WHEREAS, in January 1976, Sergeant Priebe began his career with the Los Angeles Police Department as a Reserve Police Officer. In June 1976, he joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department as a Deputy Sheriff; and

WHEREAS, on June 6, 1977, he was appointed as a recruit Police Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. He was selected as his recruits class president and graduated number 2 in his class. He commenced with a long and distinguished career with assignments at West Los Angeles Patrol, West Valley Patrol, Hollywood Division Footbeat, Training Officer and Vice Investigator at Wilshire Division and Metropolitan Division B-Piatoon Element Member; and

WHEREAS, on January 3, 1988, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and assigned as a Patrol Supervisor at West Valley Division and West Los Angeles Division. In June 1989, he was promoted to Sergeant II and assigned to West Los Angeles Vice, Investigator at Internal Affairs Division and the Narcotics Group Training Coordinator. For the past twelve years, Sergeant Priebe has been the Officer-in -Charge of the Narcotics K-9 Squad; and

. WHEREAS, During his career, Sergeant Priebe has received over 100 major and minor commendations from the Department, outside agencies and citizens. They praised his outstanding police work, attention to duty, investigative skills, teamwork, superior tactics in emergency situations and performance under stress, job knowledge. He participated in a ~ health and fitness regimen that assured him of not using a sick day in over 32 years of '-' service:

NOW THEREFORE BE IT. RESOLVED THAT, by the adoption of this resolution, the Los Angeles City Council do hereby recognize, commend and congratulate Sergeant II+ Joseph E. Priebe for his thirty two and one half years of dedicated and sei~/Public ervice, and for upholding the finest and highest traditions and standards of the Los Angele Polic Department, and extend him and his family best wishes for a healthy, e'nz·o able nd successful retirement.

Adopted: January 8, 2010 ADOPTE resented y.!.-: ~~~~~

JAN 0 8 2010

los ANGELES ClTY COUNCftconded by: ---~-­All Council

The Glamour Gown Giveaway Committee

Whereas, Nine ye11.rs ago, the Friends Qf Child Advocate~ tl;le ~drai~in arw.dpf <:;ASA of Los Angeles, held its first Glamour Gown Giveaway program held at th~ Edelman vhildren s Co builc mg_m Monterey Par.(( servmg any high school-~ed teen in the Los. Aiigele~ Co1111tv taster care system in nee of a torznil gown for a special evenr suc'h as prom. 11iey served approxunately 100 grrls; and

Whfeas, ~idea c1{Je from a donor naUed Angelic~ Garcia-Flagg. She caU~d the Lo!> Al,J.gefiles office of CASA Qnef ay. C}.Il ask~d, "I I can get you sQmc; ovely evenmg gowns, can you get them to grrls in oster care?' CASA :::ita sa1d," :s 'an started"pullmg the I ea together; ana:

Wb~;reas1 From the bc;g~g, <;ASA volunteers~ Boai:d Membe~sl and stafk as well as other cQmmunity members part1c1pared m orgamzmg, liostmg the event, ana servmg each grr as her "rersonal Shopper" durmg the event; and

Whereas, As the popularitv of the annual Glamour Gown Give!Llway even,t ,grewJhe location was moved to Brentwood Presbyterian Church for a couple of years, servmg zoo.::z50 grriS; an

Wher1eas, Soon th~ number of girls in need of a g_own jncreased and CA,SA staff began looiQng to the larger Los

Ange es commumty and a growmg group of CA13A Glamour Gowns Giveaway supporters m Pasadena; and

Whereas, The G~mour Gowns illpmmittee wa.s formed. To heln defr;:ur. experi.ses, the committee or,ganize4 a fashion fishow/lu,nchepn drais~r as we 1 th.at year With foster ,g,rrls m the t:11sfiion show. Glamour Gown~ foster grrls were eatured on the od!}y ,Sho.w wi AI Roker and PBS dia a piece followmg two of our Glamour Uowns grrls to their

prom. We sponsored SlX grrls for prom; and

Wherea!l, SoQ:~many: more itelPS werj;: offered to the girls l.iJce ij.I)de!arments.J alterations !llld make-up i:\Pplicahon. C ese Laund,ry doJJ,ated all of the sh<;~es nr:.oy1ded han ags anu made goodie ba,:ts. Gowru; and ~7rses were onated by Liz Claiborne, David's Bndal,-Yelena's Bri 1, local manufacturers anTI other individuals;

~Whtherebas, Evc:;ning gowns, evening ~hoe~1 acces~ories, makeup,Joiletrie\ et~ ar~purch11sed and c1oll~cted y~a)." round. e egmnmg, mQst go:wns were. genuy used gowns, (ionale .by hig schoo and college age adies. Knight

eaners m Momov1a and ~an Mann!) dQnate~ dry cleanmg seryices. A enevo ent anonYnlous benefactor underwrote the cost of a storage facility for a tew years. Tnese runds must now e raised" throughout the year to ensure;: space IS available as d~n~~d items must 12~ accepted at vanp~~ times. O.n the day before the _gtyeaway, Theta ~iH~g~~?~~~r~gg~qf~ge~, ·a1~~~~\~n~yus~~Pv~J~i~~~ t&~~~Y~~~e ~Tv~~ii~g~~~: ~~gg~ff~~pers anu vanous otlier capacxties; and

WbS ereas, ~· allist of supp9rters include.: LA City Coun_cilnJ,ember J,~ PeiTY, SHARE Inc., LA County uperviSor tci.ta~l AntonoVl<;)l, LA Coupcilmember De.IlJAs Zme David s Bridal,· C.biD.ese L.aundrv, SP.anx, N1eutrog~na, lRht Cle.an~rs tmdMonrovia and San: Marmo), USC and Loyola Marymount Theta S'oronty members; a ong With countless mdlv1du~l onors, volunteers; and · .

Whereas, Qn December ff', 2009 the GG Committee held its secopd Holiday BoJltiQue Benefit with t>roceeds going to supP.Ort the Glamour Gown Giveaway- !}ttracting almost 200 shoppers and frienas collecting funCls and also spreading awareness ofCASA ofLos Aiigeles; and ·

Wh1oereas.J FQr sevheral ~ears, Christine Yick.tireless,ly chaired this event. She, the GG Committee, volunteers, CASA

staf , anu others elpeu create a truly beautiful 'prmcess for a day' expenence:

Whereas. Our goal is to continue to hold Glamour Go~ each yea:r:: to reach every _young_ woman w foster care !IO that she ts atlorded the same opportunity to attend a special event like prom, regardless ol her family or econormc crrcurnstances; and

Glamour Go1~ is a heart-felt enrichment event that is needed to continue to build self-esteem and self-worth for these specta grrls; and .

The curren!Glamoyr Gown Committee membe~s are: ChairPerson Cortez Wilks Karen, Bravennan-Freeman. . TBrendaTGallo1w~, :Sta<,;y_ftom, Jennifer rarke.r- tanton, Mtchaela Pereira, Arnie Petersen, Sandl Romero-Boada,

racy rame, Ti:acee Wilks, and Christine Yic ; and ·

Specialhthafnks .an~ acknodwledgement to the CASA Board M~mbers who rQvide not only monetarv support but give so muc o "therr time an contacts: Jacqwe Dolan, Sue Marshall, Jo olov, and Pat Trendacosfa: .

Jattuary 8, 2010

Seconded By:--------­All Council

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