Islamic center head: Educate community on safety

Ahmed Azam, president of the Islamic Center of Hawthorne, sent this e-mail about the opening of the South Los Angeles sheriff's station, which serves Lawndale, where he lives:

The grand opening of the new South Los Angeles Sheriff's station was a spectacular event and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The messages delivered by the speakers were motivating and all shared common topics of police responsibilities, unity, and community involvement. By educating the community and its leaders about safety, I believe that the law enforcement will better protect the lives of the citizens.

All of us have common goals, so it makes sense if we all work together to establish and implement them. For example we all want to improve the education system in order to keep our kids away from crime, and have safer neighborhoods. It is very clear that the law enforcement will get much better results if they do a better job in educating the community by conducting more seminars about awareness resulting in more feedback.

I encourage the law enforcement to build stronger and trusted relationships with the community through community leaders and active members from all majorities, minorities and faith groups.