Freddy Yoder

A letter from the LCPD President

Dear Lakeview Residents,

It has been said that the one thing we can count on is change.  Lakeview Crime Prevention District, the LCPD Board and the Third District of the Police Department has experienced some changes as well.  These changes pertain to primarily personnel matters.  The Commander of the Third District, Captain Henry Dean has been replaced by Captain John Thomas, while our past LCPD Commander/Coordinator Sergeant Doug Eckert has been replaced with a new Commander/Coordinator Sergeant Joe Bouvier.  Our board of Directors has also experienced several new members along with a new president to replace our past president Charles Ciaccio.  Mr. Ciaccio has been the president and co-founder of Lakeview Crime Prevention District since the inception in 1998.  These changes represent advancements for our associates and we wish them all the good fortune and opportunity with their new positions.  For your information all board members, their positions, and who appointed them to the board are listed below:

Board of Directors

 

            Name                                      Position                                   Appt. Authority

            Freddy Yoder                                     President                                 Senator Ed Murray

            Jeb Bruneau                            Vice President                         LCIA Board

            Wally Landry                          Treasurer                                 Mayor Landrieu

            Todd Wallace                          Secretary                                 President LCIA

            Martin Landrieu                      Board of Director                   LCIA Board

            Val Cupit                                Board of Director                   LCIA Board

            John Grillot                             Board of Director                   LCIA Board

            Roy Arrigo                              Board of Director                   Rep. Nick Lorusso

            Leland Champagne                 Board of Director                   Rep. Nick Lorusso

            Joseph Giarrusso                     Board of Director                   Council Guidry

            Nancy Lytle                            Board of Director                   Senator Ed Murray

            Richard Bordelon                   Board Attorney                       Appoint. By Board

            Larry Jacobi                            Board Accountant-CPA         Appoint. By Board

            Capt. John Thomas                 Commander Third District

            Sergeant Joe Bouvier              Coordinator/Commander of LCPD

There are several websites listed below that are very helpful in keeping up-to-date with crime trends in our LCPD district:

1)                  LCPD website address is http://www.lcpdonline.com, which includes valuable information on crime trends, charts, maps, contact information, quality of life issues, meeting information, safety tips, etc.

2)                  The Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s website address is http://www.opcso.org/

3)                  Citizens Crime Watch website address is http://citizenscrimewatch.org/

4)                  Lakeview Civic website is www.lakeviewcivic.org    

Also for your information is the schedule of future LCPD meeting.  The date and time of all meetings are 6:00 p.m. on the 4^th Thursday of the month with the exception of July and December.  The meetings are held in the St. Dominic Church Rectory at 775 Harrison Avenue.  The dates for the meeting are as follows:

            January 26, 2012                     May 24, 2012              October 25, 2012

            February 23, 2012                   June 28, 2012              Nov 22, 2012**

            March 22, 2012                       August 23, 2012         ** Holiday TBD

            April 26, 2012                         September 27, 2012   

Below are important contact names, phone numbers, and email addresses that may be helpful to you:

1)                  Most Important of all numbers if you feel threaten is to call 911

2)                  Third District Police Station - 504.658.6169

3)                  Quality of Life Officer – Patrick Smith, pmsmith@nola.gov

4)                  Technical or Quality of Life Problems - Sergeant Christopher Prochaska, e-mail: cprochaska@nola.gov, phone: 504.239.0333

5)                  Crime Prevention Officer - Henry Newton, hnewton@nola.gov

6)                  Lakeview Commander/Coordinator Joe Bouvier,  jfbouvier@nola.gov, phone: 504.258.2391

7)                  After hour Escort service provided (7:00 p.m. –  2:00 a.m.) by LCPD - 504.858.5273 

In 1996 a small group of dedicated Lakeview Residence believed that if we all would join together and imposed a small fee on ourselves we could make a difference toward improving the crime in our area.  Through the help of our legislators and the people in Lakeview we established the Lakeview Crime Prevention District (LCPD) in 1998.  This is a sub-division of the State of Louisiana that has the ability to collect a fee which is used for the sole purpose of improving the safety of our residence.  This dream of the people has evolved into a real life model that has proven to be the example for many others throughout the City of New Orleans and beyond to follow.  Over the fourteen years (14) since the inception of the LCPD the most alarming of our crimes “crime against persons” has been reduced by over four hundred percent.  In 1998 at the beginning of the LCPD over 900 incidents were reported compared to 225 reported in 2011.  We have come along way.  But with the help of our citizens, we will continue to improve and will always believe that “one crime is too much”.

Thanks, 

Freddy Yoder

President