Old school trivia time
Old school trivia time
Many moons ago RPD had " HARP " units this time of year. Anybody want to guess who they were. I'll post what the answer is after 5 wrong guesses.
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hoilday pator around the mall area ? big ed
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Good to hear from you again. I say Holiday Area Retail Patroltk353 wrote:Many moons ago RPD had " HARP " units this time of year. Anybody want to guess who they were. I'll post what the answer is after 5 wrong guesses.
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thank cv you to. big ed
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While we are dredging up ancient RPD history, anyone remember the unarmed patrol officers in the light blue cars?
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was it victor units retired officers like citazian on patrol something like that sp ? big ed
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They were volunteers. My dad started the program. We got to big and started to take away the OT hours from the PSR units. So you know what happens next!
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The ones I was thinking of were paid, I can't remember the title now, but a requirement was you had to be retired law enforcement. It only lasted a couple of years, this was probably 20 years ago.tk353 wrote:They were volunteers. My dad started the program. We got to big and started to take away the OT hours from the PSR units. So you know what happens next!
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We had a retired Lt Mawn and Retired officerJim Creel as the police representative they were paid. They had the access and clearance for gas - maintenance - front door to Orange street for radios and briefing notes.
Trivia answer is
Holiday Anti Robbery Patrol RPD had 2 slick top UC units with detectives in street close hanging around the banks that were near both shopping centers. There was a group from Compton and South LA robbing banks at opening time.