LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts, right, shares a laugh with Julio Juarez as he receives the "10851 Award" for their efforts to combat auto theft on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Batts and California Highway Patrol Captain Chris O'Quinn honored 11 Long Beach police officers with the award.
The 10851 Award Program is named after the vehicle code section for Grand Theft Auto, and is sponsored by the American Automobile Association (AAA) and the CHP, to recognize officers throughout the state who have been proactive in recovering stolen vehicles and apprehending the criminals involved. To qualify for the award, an officer must meet any of the following criteria: make six "rolling stolen" (suspect-occupied stolen vehicle in motion) arrests, recover 12 vehicles (including 3 "rolling stolens"), or help identify a theft ring and arrest at least two suspects and recover at least 10 vehicles. See 15 pictures/buy reprints>>
PHOTOS: 11 LBPD get 10851 from AAA and CHP
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This blog is a journal of Southern California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It's updated frequently with pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze.
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
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