For more than twenty-five years, residents of La Mirada have known one constant in the City’s Public Safety Division: Mary Cipres.
Whether organizing Neighborhood Watch meetings, speaking to students about making positive choices, coordinating emergency preparedness training, or helping residents navigate public safety concerns, Mary’s career has been built around a simple but powerful belief: strong communities are created when neighbors look out for one another.
Mary joined the City of La Mirada in 1998 as a Safety Education Officer and eventually rose to the position of Public Safety Supervisor. Over the course of her career, she became one of the most recognizable and respected faces in the community.
Her responsibilities have been extensive. She has coordinated crime prevention programs, disaster preparedness efforts, anti-drug and anti-gang initiatives, Neighborhood Watch, Business Watch, CERT training, Volunteer on Patrol programs, National Night Out, Red Ribbon Week activities, safety education presentations, and countless community events…