The Los Angeles Police Foundation’s donors are rarely disclosed publicly, although they have an effect on how the LAPD provides for public safety, with a majority of big donors dictating how the department can spend the money they give.
Ring provided at least 100 LAPD officers with free devices or discounts and encouraged them to endorse and recommend its doorbell and security cameras to police and members of the public.Neither Motorola nor Glock responded to requests for comment. Axon, in a statement, said it sees supporting the Los Angeles Police Foundation as a means of supporting “the broader community” and is “committed to doing business transparently” but declined to tell The Times how much it has donated.
Ahmanson said he sees no problem with police officials like Moore working to attract private funding. Also on the list was developer Steve Soboroff, who has been criticized by activists for helping to orchestrate donations to the foundation while serving on the Los Angeles Police Commission, of which he is a current member. He also has been pilloried for directing funding to the foundation personally as a former board member of the Weingart Foundation.
Months prior, Katz had sent Moore talking points for a planned one-on-one call with Peter Guber, chairman and chief executive of Mandalay Entertainment and co-owner of the Dodgers and Golden State Warriors. That memo proposed that Moore ask Guber to donate $1 million and join Wasserman, Katzenberg and Pritzker as a technology campaign co-chair.
“I spoke with Tony Pritzker’s foundation head, and his primary priority is visibility with the officers,” Katz wrote. “In looking at the opportunities for $1M gifts, I thought that one of the [Elysian Park] ranges would be best, but I would welcome your thoughts/opinion.”Today, LAPD officers receive combat training at the Pritzker Combat Range.Later that year, the LAPD — like every other city department — was facing potential budget cuts due to massive revenue shortfalls related to COVID-19.
About a week later, on Dec. 18, Dwayne Gathers of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce wrote to Katz, saying he and other board members were “ready to engage” in opposing LAPD cuts, including by getting chamber businesses and their employees to voice opposition. The audit did not specify whether the Los Angeles Police Foundation was among those promising special access, though the records obtained by The Times show that it was providing donors with such access through its exclusive meetings with Moore.
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