The beauty of the name Olympic lies in the its inherent lack of bias for the many different people who call this place home. Olympic Division was established in 2008 and polices one of the most diverse communities in the City of Los Angeles. On January 4, 2009 the station opened with 230 employees, which includes officers, detectives, and civilians. Olympic Division is the 20th Division of the LAPD which is represented by the Roman numeral XX. The strength and ingenuity of Olympic Division is represented by the Greek Parthenon.

The boundaries of the Olympic Division are: Melrose Ave. on the north; Hoover St. on the east; 10 freeway on the south; and Crenshaw Blvd. on the west.

The LAPD Olympic Area Commanding Officer, Matt Blake, would like to invite you to join a new community information service. E Policing has proven to be a valuable tool to the community. This new service, Nixle, allows law enforcement to send real time messages on evacuations, fires, school lock downs and other police emergencies at a moment's notice. Unlike conventional email, Nixle can send important messages to thousands of people at one time. Read More

Police Advisory Boards (C-PABs) were created in 1993 to provide community members with an opportunity to provide information and advice to their respective area. The board is comprised of members from the various residential and business communities who live or work in a particular geographic area. The purpose of the C-PAB is to provide advice to the Area Commanding Officer regarding decreasing the incidence and fear of crime in the community, as well as to provide community members with a voice in the policing of their communities. In addition, the Area Commanding Officer provides updates and explanations of Department programs to members of the CPAB.