Overview
- Marlene Willis continues to volunteer at the LAPD’s West Los Angeles station, where colleagues call her an icon after 22 years of service.
- She works Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays reviewing police reports, making notes, and checking grammar to help keep paperwork tight.
- Officers say her warm greetings and hugs after tough calls provide emotional support that helps them reset during the shift.
- The department honored her long commitment with a volunteer of the year award and a ceremonial badge from then–Chief Michel Moore.
- She keeps her connection to son Bruce Willis private at the station, as coverage notes his 2022 retirement following a frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.