In an effort to save money the Long Beach Police Department is, for the first time, hosting its annual Police Award Ceremonies with the help of the Long Beach Police Foundation.
With the change in hosting duties has also come a change in venue and time. Previous years saw the event held as a luncheon at the Long Beach Convention Center. This year, it will be a late afternoon reception featuring light hors d'oeuvres at 3:30 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 5 p.m. at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, located at Cal State Long Beach.
As in previous years, the event will honor police officers, civilian employees and citizens in the community for their exceptional work and acts of bravery and heroism in the past year.
The changes were announced earlier this year, but as the date for the awards show draws closer, police officials said they are still in need of a few sponsors and are still selling tickets to cover the cost of the popular yearly banquet.
"We're almost at the exact amount of money needed to cover the event and we're about two weeks out," Police Department Spokeswoman Karen Owens said.
Local businesses and members of the community are encouraged to partner with the police department and the nonprofit foundation. For more information how to become a sponsor, or how to purchase tickets to the event, call the LBPD's Community Relations Division at 562-570-7215.
With the change in hosting duties has also come a change in venue and time. Previous years saw the event held as a luncheon at the Long Beach Convention Center. This year, it will be a late afternoon reception featuring light hors d'oeuvres at 3:30 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 5 p.m. at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, located at Cal State Long Beach.
As in previous years, the event will honor police officers, civilian employees and citizens in the community for their exceptional work and acts of bravery and heroism in the past year.
The changes were announced earlier this year, but as the date for the awards show draws closer, police officials said they are still in need of a few sponsors and are still selling tickets to cover the cost of the popular yearly banquet.
"We're almost at the exact amount of money needed to cover the event and we're about two weeks out," Police Department Spokeswoman Karen Owens said.
Local businesses and members of the community are encouraged to partner with the police department and the nonprofit foundation. For more information how to become a sponsor, or how to purchase tickets to the event, call the LBPD's Community Relations Division at 562-570-7215.
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