Downtown's Dogs may meet Duarte
Ed Fuentes
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES —
When blogdowntowner reader and commenter Urban Bruin organized a dog owner social, over a dozen canine dragged their owners through the streets of Downtown's "Westside." As people gathered, instantly you could see the event as a potential Neighborhood Watch Walk. A dog walk edition would make a unique add to the already successful Downtown walks in Skid Row and the Arts District.
Since blogdowntown and our community minded readers are all for bringing Downtown closer together, we caught up with LAPD Senior Lead Officer Marco Duarte at Pershing Square. He's all for the idea and hopes to meet up at the next Downtown Dog social, and have the walk be a Neighborhood Watch Walk at least once a month.
Now all we need is for the LAPD K-9 team to join in.
Side Note: The missing sod behind Duarte isn't due to dogs tearing up the place. L.A. Park and Recreation is getting Pershing Square ready for its popular winter ice skating rink, opening next month.
Benjamin Pezzillo on October 18, 2007, at 10:41PM – #1
This is an excellent idea -- to connect the Dog Walk (and dog walkers) with the Neighborhood Watch program and Central Division's senior lead officers.
Don Garza on October 19, 2007, at 01:16AM – #2
Central Division Senior Lead Officers are also Town Crier Ambassador of Goodwill Award Winners.
I have a generic certificate for the Division Senior Lead officers from Jan Perry for them. But if someone can get the individual officers names I can see if we can have them on hand for Thursday Evening's Presentation.
Urban Bruin on October 19, 2007, at 01:35AM – #3
Thank you guys for all the support, we are working to team up with LAPD and the Downtown BID to help make this into a dog walk and neighborhood watch. More details to come!!
Come out Wednesday November 14, 2007 at 6:00 pm for the second Downtown L.A. Dog Walk and community gathering. Come meet your downtown neighbors and their dogs as we tour the streets of downtown.
Help make downtown Los Angeles a dog friendly community and help encourage City Hall to allocate public space for off leash dog parks!
Where: Pershing Square 532 S Olive St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Nov. 14 @ 6:00 pm at Pershing Square (Grass area) Walk route and other details TBA
More details: http://dogwalkdowntownla.blogspot.com/
Urban Bruin on October 22, 2007, at 10:23PM – #4
It's confirmed, Officer Duarte, LAPD Senior Lead Officer will join Dog Walk Downtown L.A. on Wednesday November 14, 2007 for the 2nd downtown dog walk and neighborhood watch. Route TBA