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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Los Angeles
Police Protective League
the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from
LA Police Protective League
December 23, 2010 |
City must rethink policies instead of cutting LAPD
In recent weeks, the Los Angeles Police Protective League has been calling on city leaders to revisit policy decisions that are forcing Police Chief Charlie Beck to staff critical administrative jobs with sworn police officers and, in two months, will have him put nearly 90 of them to work as jailers. These men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department, trained and employed at taxpayers' expense, should be patrolling the streets and maintaining the hard-won gains in crime reduction. That's why we're urging a temporary suspension of police hiring beyond attrition.
John Mumma/Los Angeles Daily News
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Pension holidays aren't just "ancient history"
The good news for Los Angeles is that the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions system - even after the economic downturn - is currently 91.6% funded. Police officers and firefighters contribute up to 9% of their pay biweekly, but even with this sizable contribution, the majority of the money funding the pension system comes from returns on investments, not the City's or employees' contributions. The sad part for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions system is that over the past 20 years, the City of Los Angeles took contribution holidays. For several of those years, it added little or nothing to the system. Had the City simply made all its required annual payments, the system would've currently been funded at over 100%.
LAPPL Blog
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$4.06 Million in counterfeit movies, music seized in L.A.
An anti-piracy task force called Operation Chimney Sweep involving L.A. police and sheriffs arrested 10 people and seized $4.06 million worth of counterfeit movies, music and apparel, L.A. city controller Wendy Greuel announced Wednesday during a news conference. The arrests were made by dozens of officers who worked with private industry investigators to make raids throughout Los Angeles.
The Hollywood Reporter |
The party's over
Cops from LAPD's Hollywood Vice have been cracking down on those mega stretch limos and hummers that cruise the clubs packed with booze and partiers. It's not the stripper poles and DJs the cops mind; it's the unregulated limos without permits they're after. Think of them as bandit taxi's just a lot nicer on the inside. We rode with Vice cops as a team of investigators pulled over these buses and limos for hire and checked for permits. Most didn't have permits, or drivers with the right type of DMV class license.
NBC4 |
Police looking for kidnap suspect
LAPD detectives are looking for a man who attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old boy off the street in a Chinatown neighborhood on Dec. 14. The boy, who attends Nightingale Junior High School, was walking home at about 1 p.m., on Yale Street, near Alpine Street, when the suspect grabbed the boy's arm, police said. The boy pulled away from the man's grip, but the suspect grabbed him by the shirt. The boy again fought back and the suspect ran away. The boy was not injured. "The young man did the right thing to fight back," Det. Amy Sundquist said. "We encourage any victim to fight off a kidnapper and draw attention to one's self."
Downtown News
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Sheriff tells Compton it can't afford its own police; official bristles at interference
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca made a public appeal to the Compton City Council on Tuesday to delay its planned resurrection of the Compton Police Department, saying the city can't afford the move. "I believe the Compton Police Department could come back," Baca told the council. "I also say that in order to do this with the financial stability that is necessary, you probably shouldn't do it now."
Los Angeles Times |
iPhone app can help find parking spots in Hollywood
The often tedious hunt for a parking place soon might become less irritating in at least one part of Los Angeles. At City Hall on Wednesday, officials unveiled an iPhone application - the first of its type - to help motorists find vacant parking spots in Hollywood, one of the most-visited places in the world. For an introductory price of $1.99, drivers will be able see which streets have open spots, as well as blocks that are closest to them with the most vacant spaces.
Los Angeles Times |
The State Worker: Layoffs, contracts and furlough fights
Just in time for the holidays, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has delivered layoff warnings to at least 75 employees. The notices went out earlier this month, starting a 120-day countdown to the department axing some of those jobs. During the four-month interval, the warned workers can look around for other state positions that need filling, or they can "bump" colleagues in similar jobs with less tenure. Then those bumped employees can do the same.
Sacramento Bee
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Lawmaker wants to outlaw rave concerts at public venues
Citing deaths and injuries connected to raves held in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, a state lawmaker proposed Wednesday to outlaw the events at publicly owned venues in California. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma introduced legislation that would prohibit the dance concerts on public property and prevent raves on private property unless a business owner has a license to host such an event. "Raves foster an environment that threatens the health and safety of our youth," Ma said. "The introduction of AB 74 is the first step toward eliminating these dangerous events."
Los Angeles Times |
In observance of the Christmas holiday, LAPPL NewsWatch will not be published on Friday.
The next issue will be Monday, December 27.
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About the LAPPL Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. The LAPPL can be found on the Web at:
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