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NO DIVING FROM PIER
(top) Santa Monica Police Harbor Service Officer David Finley swims after a teenage girl who dove off the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, July 17, 2009. (Center) A Los Angeles County Lifeguard helps bring the teenage girls ashore. (above) A Santa Monica Police Officer writes the teenage girl (left) a ticket for diving off the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, July 17, 2009




PROUD PAPA
(top) Santa Monica Police Sergeant Larry Horn pins and his son, Jeff Horn, 27, with his new SMPD badge as Chief Timothy J. Jackman looks on at City Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (above) Jeff Horn swears-in at City Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.




PAL'S Charity Golf Classic
(above) Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson of Saint Monica's Catholic Church tees-off during Santa Monica Police Activity League's (PAL) Charity Golf Classic at Mountain Gate Country Club on Monday, June 15, 2009. (center) Santa Monica Police Chief Timothy J. Jackman putts during PAL's Charity Golf Classic at Mountain Gate Country Club. (top) Golfers drive by as a doe and her fawn graze during PAL's Charity Golf Classic at Mountain Gate Country Club on Monday, June 15, 2009. Money raised through the classic helps support scholarships for PAL youth, SAT and ACT prep courses and and homework assistance.




GOOOOOOAL!
Santa Monica Police Chief Tim Jackman and Santa Monica Fire Chief Jim Hone play fooseball with Gabriela Ruiz, 11, and her brother Alberto, 8, during the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica's grand opening celebration of the John Adams Middle School clubhouse on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. The new clubhouse will enable the after-school program to expand from one small classroom serving approximately 300 children annually to a 5,563-square-foot facility equipped to support all of the school's 1,100 students. The Clubhouse will provide services to students six days a week, 12 months a year -- before and after school, during lunch and during vacation and summer holidays.




NEW CLUBHOUSE
TOP: (left to right) Timothy J. Jackman, Chief of the Santa Monica Police Department; Dr. William Crookston, Past President of the Rotary Club; Ken Genser, Santa Monica Mayor; Allan Young, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica, Tim Cuneo, Superintendent of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Roxanne Spillett, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of America and Craig Mordoh, Chairman of the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica cut the ribbon during the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica's grand opening celebration of the John Adams Middle School (JAMS) club on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. ABOVE: Members pose for a group portrait during the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica's grand opening celebration. The new clubhouse will enable the after-school program to expand from one small classroom serving approximately 300 children annually to a 5,563-square-foot facility equipped to support all of the school's 1,100 students. The Clubhouse will provide services to students six days a week, 12 months a year -- before and after school, during lunch and during vacation and summer holidays.




Rest in Peace Shelby
(top) Members of the Santa Monica Police Department carry the casket of William Shelby, Jr., at Woodlawn Cemetery during the funeral service on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Shelby retired in December 2007 after 37 years of service as a Santa Monica City Jailer. Shelby was born and raised in Santa Monica. He attended John Adams Middle School, Lincoln, Jr. High School and Santa Monica High School, were he played varsity football. Shelby was in the United States Army and served two and a half years in Vietnam. (above) Honor Guard from Post 2967 fire-off a 21-gun salute during the funeral service at Woodlawn Cemetery on May 29, 2009.




Memorial Day Observance
(1,2) Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca leads the 21-gun salute during the 71st Annual Memorial Day Observance at Woodlawn Cemetery on Monday, May 25, 2009. (3) The Santa Monica Police Department and the (4,5) Santa Monica Fire Department lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the graveside service at Woodlawn Cemetery (7) Two Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters flys in formation above Woodlawn Cemetery during the Military Flyover.




Dancing with Police Officers
(1) Santa Monica Police Sergeant Rudy Camarena (right) dances the Maranga with Naje Cyprian, 8, and SMPD Officer Austin Brown dances with Taneia Bryant, 8, while teaching "Dancing with Police Officers" at the Santa Monica Police Activity League on Tuesday, May, 12, 2009. (2) SMPD Officer Jennifer Sekera dances with PAL kids during the "Dancing with Police Officers" class on Tuesday.



