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Currently
an investigator with the California Department of Insurance, Fraud Bureau, Tony Alvarez’s law enforcement career began
with the Los Angeles Police Department spanned more than twenty-six years. For
twenty-one of his twenty-six years with LAPD, he was a detective assigned to Narcotics Division. As a Detective supervisor assigned to the Major Violator Section of the Narcotics Group (LAPD), Detective
Tony Alvarez gained extensive experience in the field of undercover operations, surveillance and informant control, development
and management.
Tony
Alvarez has been a contributing writer for the California Narcotic Officer's Association quarterly magazine. He is an instructor
for the California Narcotic Officer's Association on Narcotic Officer Survival and has made his training presentations at
the FBI Academy in Quantico (Virginia); and, has also instructed local, state and federal officers nationwide. In 1995, Detective
Alvarez was awarded the DEA Award of Valor, the INEOA Medal of Valor and the Al Steward Memorial Award (California Narcotic
Officer of the Year). In 1996, he was awarded the LAPD Medal of Valor. He is the author of Undercover Operations Survival in Narcotics Investigations.
According
to the book description of Undercover Operations
Survival in Narcotics Investigations, “undercover work is one of the most dangerous yet challenging types of
police investigation, requiring extensive tactical preparedness and close continuing assessment throughout the operation. If proper planning is lacking, explosive conflict can occur without warning. The author presents the wide range of considerations necessary to execute safe undercover
teamwork, eliminating complacency, demonstrating how to seize contraband, obtain evidence and arrest violators. Conducted properly and safely, investigations provide immediate gratification to all involved. Furthermore, the techniques and procedures outline in this book can be easily adapted to any undercover
operation.”
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About the Los Angeles Police Department
In February 1955, the Los Angeles
Police Department, through the pages of the internally produced BEAT magazine, conducted a contest for a motto for the police
academy. The conditions of the contest stated that: “The motto should be one that in a few words would express some
or all the ideals to which the Los Angeles police service is dedicated. It is possible that the winning motto might someday
be adopted as the official motto of the Department.” The winning entry was the motto, “To Protect and to Serve”
submitted by Officer Joseph S. Dorobek. “To Protect and to Serve” became the official motto of the Police Academy, and it was kept constantly
before the officers in training as the aim and purpose of their profession. With the passing of time, the motto received wider
exposure and acceptance throughout the department. On November 4, 1963, the Los Angeles City Council passed the necessary
ordinance and the credo has now been placed alongside the City Seal on the Departments patrol cars.
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