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Police Reports
Thursday, July 11
One male adult was arrested at 0025
hours from the 900 block of Center Street
for possession of a controlled substance and
drug paraphernalia.
One male adult was arrested at 0025 hours
from the 900 block of Center Street for
possession of drug paraphernalia.
One male adult was arrested at 0206 hours
at El Segundo Boulevard and Pacific Coast
Highway for driving under the influence of
alcohol and drugs.
A stolen vehicle report was taken at 0803
hours from the 400 block of West Imperial
Avenue.
A trespassing report was taken at 0957
hours from the 900 block of Sheldon Street.
A traffic accident report was taken at 1402
hours from the 500 block of Main Street.
The unknown suspect(s) fled the location.
A grand theft report was taken at 1529
hours from the 700 block of Indiana Court.
An identity theft report was taken at 1450
hours from the 300 block of Main Street.
A burglary report was taken at 1645 hours
from the 1000 block of East Imperial Avenue.
A petty theft report was taken at 1650
hours from the 300 block of Main Street.
A grand theft report was taken at 1938
hours from the 700 block of Penn Street.
A vandalism report was taken at 2247
hours from the 700 block of North Pacific
Coast Highway.
Friday, July 12
A found property report was taken at 0832
hours from the 800 block of South Pacific
Coast Highway.
A dead body report was taken at 1301
hours from the 500 block of Pacific Coast
Highway.
An identity theft report was taken at 1350
hours from the 2100 block of East Maple
Avenue.
A criminal threat report was taken at 1439
hours from the 300 block of Concord Street.
One male adult was arrested at 1430 hours
from the 1800 block of East Sycamore Avenue.
A court order violation report was taken
at 1532 hours from the 1100 block of East
Imperial Avenue.
A hit and run report was taken at 1659
hours at Franklin Avenue and Maryland Street.
A grand theft report was taken at 1808
hours from the 800 block of South Pacific
Coast Highway.
Saturday, July 13
One mail adult was arrested at 0018 hours
at Imperial Highway and Pacific Coast
Highway for driving under the influence of
alcohol and BAC of .08% or higher.
An incident report was taken at 1947 hours
from the 700 block of West Imperial Avenue.
Sunday, July 14
A petty theft report was taken at 1045 hours
from the 1000 block of East Imperial Avenue.
One mail adult was arrested at 2037 hours
from the 100 block of West Imperial Avenue
for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Monday, July 15
One female adult was arrested at 0552
hours from the 200 block of East Imperial
Avenue for public intoxication. •
Pullen-Miles from page 3
role on the commission. While she’s figuring
out what she wants to do, I’ve told her to just
enjoy the journey.”
City commissioners in Lawndale serve in
volunteer positions, as does the mayor. Carroll
juggles various paying gigs around the
South Bay, including hosting duties at several
restaurants.
Pullen-Miles holds a full-time staff position
as the district director for Assemblywoman
Autumn Burke. It’s in this capacity that he
met yet another mentee, Inglewood School
Board member Dionne Faulk. Ms. Faulk was
working with Burke’s staff when she met
Pullen-Miles. They’ve been friends ever since,
he said, consulting back and forth on special
projects and important events to attend.
Already super engaged in the community,
Faulk had experience working with unions, sororities
and the national education organization,
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She sat on the
advisory board for Measure GG. That successful
initiative brought $90 million in state funded
new construction and modernization projects
for Inglewood schools. Prior to that, Faulk was
employed for over 13 years at the Consumer
Affairs Department, in the Bureau of Real Estate.
Having lost her first election for Inglewood
School Board, Ms. Faulk had something in
common with Ms. Ramoso. She also turned
to Mayor Pullen-Miles for advice. “The mayor
recommended events, activities and to-do tasks
to enhance my political knowledge and experience,”
said Faulk. “He walked the district with
me when I was campaigning. He has always
been very supportive.”
With her two children attending Inglewood
schools, Faulk knew she wanted to be in a position
to make change. “I wanted to help make
the schools better. I thought, what better way
to get involved with the district,” said Faulk.
Ms. Faulk had to get engaged with the community
even more. “I had all the makings of a
great campaign, including the support of local
officials,” she said. “But I needed to focus on
engaging the voters.” That made the difference.
She was elected to the board in 2017.
Pullen-Miles describes Faulk as “focused.”
He says she is especially in tune with the community.
“She has the children of Inglewood
at heart and wants to do other things in the
community,” he said. “I definitely see her in
elected office, at the city council or state level.”
Praise for the mayor and his leadership style
is equally magnanimous. Faulk says the mayor
surprises people. “He appears to be unassuming,
but he is strategic and all of his moves are calculated,”
said Faulk. “His personality is to quietly
work hard to accomplish his goals and when no
one is paying attention, he surprises everyone.”
Faulk says the mayor’s support makes a
difference navigating the political terrain of a
historically male-dominated field. “There is a
double standard; it’s a challenge for a strong
and assertive woman. If you smile a lot, you’re
too nice,” said Faulk.
Ramoso describes some of her challenges.
“The biggest challenge I have faced is being
a young woman of color in politics,” she
said. “It has been my experience where I was
always seen first as an assistant, a secretary
or my boss’ wife and never as a senior staff
member or director of an office.”
Pullen-Miles notes that there are real challenges
for female leaders. “One of the inherent
challenges, obviously, is there are not as many
[women] in office, elected or appointed,” he
said. “That is a disadvantage from the start.”
But the mayor says his role as a mentor only
helps elevate women to positions in which they
naturally excel. “People gravitate to males, so
it can be a challenge -- but people recognize
females as viable candidates when they do step
out,” he said. “They can be just as successful
as their male counterparts.”
Assemblywoman Autumn Burke had this to
say about Mayor Pullen-Miles: “Robert has
served as an invaluable mentor and coach to
a number of young professionals who have
interned in my district office. My staff and
interns have benefited greatly from his career
guidance and assistance with their professional
development.”
The mayor’s mindset of female empowerment
may well be homegrown. With three daughters
at home, he and Lawndale First Lady Lena are
fulltime mentors to photographer Sienna, high
schooler Samara and college sophomore Sade.
There’s one quality Pullen-Miles points
out that he observes in his protegees, which
he believes may be a wholly female trait:
“Women tend to follow up,” he said. “I know
the investment in time and advice is going to
yield results.” •