Why the LAPD Likes the Beach Beat
As we come to the mid-point of December and Jack Frost is nipping at noses around most of the country. In the shot below, an unnamed uniformed officer snaps a picture of two Venice beach denizens.
Almost looks like a staged postcard, but it’s not.
Update: We are told the officer may be SMPD (Santa Monica Police Department). Photo was taken at the border of SM and Venice (LAPD territory) and will go with what the commenter says below.
Related: “Why It’s Called Internal Affairs“; more LAPD sex hijinx.
Similar Independent Sources posts:
- LAPD looking for crime at the beach on a sunny day: Say what you want about LAPD but when it comes to a sunny beach day in LA, they are only too happy to show up in force. I'm sure anyone even consideri ...
- Long Weekend Edition: Bike to Work, Just Not Too Fast: In the "Police With Too Much Time On Their Hands" file we find this story from Hermosa Beach, California: Lawrence Petersen, who drives commercial veh ...
- Why it’s called “Internal Affairs”: Officer Michael Berkow Would you want to see this man walking around in pajama bottoms at work? Neither would we. Latest LAPD hijinx involve ...
- This is the police. Stop or we’ll shoot (up)!: In what sounds like a late-night re-financing commercial... Bad Credit? No Problem! Criminal Past? No Problemo! ...could actually be a ...
- Reason to Live In LA: #48: Okay, we could come up with about 10 million reasons to not live in Los Angeles including getting shot at by road-raged drivers while stuck in traffic ...
December 16th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Nice place for a training ride. That’s about as productive as my fartlek run at Del Amo Mall.
December 16th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
The officer’s wearing a uniform patch - she’s not LAPD.
I worked the Venice Beach detail a few years ago and, yes, we enjoy enforcing the nudity laws more than chasing gangsters through Oakwood.
In this photo, the bikini girls look like Gold’s Gym contestants, which would place them a few miles north in the City of Santa Monica. The photographer’s patch resembles SMPD’s patch too. Take a look:
http://www.odmp.org/patch.php?id=3477&s=150
Cheers!
December 16th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
Clark you have a good eye. I’ll be honest when I look at this photo I’m not spending too much time looking at the officer if you know what I mean.