HPD's Nationally Recognized Community Affairs bureau

Our mission:

"To engage with our Community in innovative and creative ways by implementing the core philosophy of community oriented policing in measurable real-world terms."

The Hawthorne Police Department’s Community Affairs Bureau (CAB) serves as the focal contact point for a multitude of neighborhood organizations, parent groups, and individuals that want to make a difference in the community. Members of the CAB are out in the community doing education, outreach and helping to organize and plant the seeds of change with regards to making Hawthorne a great place to live, work and play. Whether it’s an anti-drug presentation in the morning, a visit from Scottie the dog in the afternoon or a neighborhood watch meeting in the evening, the CAB is there. Members of the CAB serve as the initial point of non-emergency contact for community questions and concerns. CAB members strive to be accessible and able to offer advice and help people to work together as a community to solve problems.

E mail: cau@cityofhawthorne.org

Meet our Staff

Lieutenant Aimee Yoshida — Lieutenant Yoshida

Community Affairs Officer Vince Arias — Community Affairs Officer Arias

HPD Police Service Officer Bell and Scottie. She takes care of Scottie 24/7. Photo by Erick Chavez
***Police Service Officer Lameka Bell*** is an 27-year veteran of the Hawthorne Police Department and is currently assigned to our Community Affairs Unit. PSO Bell is also the first civilian K-9 handler with our police department. Bell’s partner is officer Scottie. Scottie is one of two Facility Service dogs assigned to a Police Department. You can always find Bell and Scottie at any City of Hawthorne Community event, at schools with Gabby the talking police car, assisting with victims of crime, Churches, Senior centers, hospitals, or helping out at the station.
PSO Bell has worked in our Traffic Bureau, Detective Bureau, and Jail. PSO Bell helps organize and run the Coffee with a Cop program, The Apartment building owners seminar, and the Hawthorne Force Youth hockey team.
She is the founder and personally runs the Power Project, a program that "provide girls from underserved communities between the ages of 9 to 11, the opportunity to grow using mentorship to build self esteem, positive life imagery, with the belief system that they CAN accomplish any goal they set and work hard to achieve."