could pretty well depend on your entire electrical system being dead when you arrived at the scene. Many a battery jump had to happen before you could transport your suspect to the station. That really went a long way toward reflecting a professional operation, as you can imagine. Suspiciously missing from this car was a knob labeled A/C… Boy, do I remember those sunny Southern California days wearing our 100% wool uniforms—with tie and long sleeves, of course. Chief Parker wanted us to not only act professional but LOOK professional! Acceptable quality cotton and other lightweight wrinkle resistant fabrics, not to mention short sleeves and no ties, were still agonizingly in the future. However, everything is relative, and we felt lucky since at least we had heaters in our cars… Some of our senior partners took great delight in letting us know that in the "old days" they had no car heaters and added, "We'd light some flares to try to keep warm—if the sulfur smell didn't drive us out of the car." Hmmm, I always wondered if that was just a slight exaggeration. Of course, one look at the radio made me think of the challenge of running wants and warrants or a license plate when the average time for a response from Communications was about 20-25 minutes. Yep, you youngsters, I said "minutes." Of course you could speed it up by running a "rolling want" on a plate which would expedite your return to about 8 or 10 minutes. Keep in mind the process it entailed: the RTO handwriting the information, sending it in a pneumatic tube to R & I two floors above her, a hand search there, a handwritten response, then (Continued on page 3)

Armed with five fully automatic assault rifles, a 9mm handgun, over 4,000 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition, a Molotov cocktail, a police scanner and full body armor—they obviously had more than robbery on their mind. This was further borne out by their actions; they entered the bank and immediately began firing indiscriminately—a classic take-over robbery by force and fear. Both had also ingested barbiturates prior to

Kasten hopes that LAPM can help enhance the image of the police department and get the police and community working together. "I think we've had many great successes, and we've just begun. We've had a lot of community groups visit or meet at the Museum. It's become a focal point in the community. The museum is open, and there are exhibits. We're looking to get involved more in the education aspect of the center. I'd like to see schools come in and have children participate more in education," Kasten adds. "Our goal is to get a lot more individuals to participate—business people, individuals, and police officers. How much we accomplish is going to depend on the fundraising and support we receive. I am very optimistic about the future of LAPM," Kasten says. Kasten is involved in many local organizations. In 1981, he became President of the Lincoln Heights Optimist Club. He has served