Lompoc Police Department - the City of Lompoc!

Lompoc Citizens’ Police AcademyThe Lompoc Citizen’s Police Academy is a 13-week program designed to provide and insidelook into all aspects of law enforcement provided by the Lompoc Police Department.Participants attend 13 sessions with each session covering topics including communitypolicing, gangs, drugs, major crimes, SWAT, patrol, traffic, criminal law and internal affairs.Department members with expertise in each area teach the sessions.Lompoc Officer RecognizedRONALD HUTCHINSOfficer Ron Hutchins was sworn in as a full-time police officer with the Lompoc PoliceDepartment on April 12, 1976. During Ron’s career he was a field training officer and AllanHancock College Basic Academy instructor and tactical officer, a certified PR-24 instructor,and was assigned to the Santa Barbara County Narcotics Task Force for a year.As a patrol officer, Officer Hutchins has served as an Acting Agent for his watch on 8occasions with a total of 18 months supervisory duty during his career. Officer Hutchins has62 letter of appreciation or commendation in his file. Many of these letters are from thecitizen’s He has served so faithfully over the past 35 years. We have depended uponOfficer Hutchins to protect our community for nearly four decades.Lights-Out Narcotics InvestigationOn April 27, 2011 the LPD Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team culminated a monthslonginvestigation into drug trafficking in Lompoc. A total of 53 arrests were made over thecourse of the investigation. Twenty-nine of those were made in one day related to severalLompoc Police Department 2011 Annual Report - 9 -