|
.........
Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 |
|
|
Los Angeles
Police Protective League
the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
|
|
|
|
Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from
LA Police Protective League
February 17, 2011 |
City Council unanimously opposes granting parole for Voltaire Williams
Wednesday, the City Council unanimously passed a Resolution calling upon the Parole Board to deny the release of Voltaire Williams, who was convicted of soliciting an individual to kill LAPD Detective Thomas C. Williams. On October 31, 1985, Detective Thomas C. Williams was killed in a spray of gunfire as he picked up his son Ryan from daycare. Detective Williams was hit by eight bullets fired from an Uzi. Voltaire Williams was convicted of soliciting Aladron Hunter to kill the detective to prevent him from testifying in a pending robbery and attempted murder trial.
Council District 3 Press Release
|
Villaraigosa OKs deal to borrow money to get more LAPD officers on patrol
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday approved a deal that will temporarily free up 27 LAPD officers for patrol duties using money borrowed from a improvement fund designated for neighborhoods around the Sunshine Canyon Landfill. The plan devised by City Councilman Greig Smith allows the city to transfer $639,706 from the Sunshine Canyon Landfill Community Amenities Fund to the Los Angeles Police Department. The agency will use the money to keep civilian jailers on the job at the Metropolitan Detention Center so that sworn officers don't have to take over their duties.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Raids targeting Armenian gang net 74 fraud suspects
U.S. prosecutors accused an Armenian organized crime gang of bilking victims out of an estimated $20 million in an audacious series of financial scams that included replacing the credit-card machines at more than a dozen 99 Cent-Only stores with their own scanners designed to steal customers' banking information. The charges filed Wednesday against alleged members and associates of the Armenian Power gang included allegations of two kidnappings, theft of money from elderly bank customers, the smuggling of cellphones into state prisons, and trafficking in drugs and weapons.
Los Angeles Times
|
Video shows suspect in string of West L.A. burglaries
The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday released video of a suspect that detectives believe is responsible for a string of burglaries on the Westside along the L.A.-Santa Monica border. The LAPD said the burglaries began in October. "Most of the burglaries have targeted storage units in parking structures, although detectives believe the same suspect is also responsible for several grand thefts, stealing property from parked vehicles and various petty theft crimes," officials said in a statement.
Los Angeles Times |
$50K reward offered in South LA fatal shot-in-the-back attack
A $50,000 reward was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect responsible for fatally shooting a man in his back as he crossed a street in South Los Angeles. Family members and business colleagues attended a news conference at which Councilman Bernard Parks and top police officials investigating the case discussed the shooting Wednesday at 10:40 p.m. of 31-year-old Herbert Eugene Seymour. The victim was walking home from a liquor store near 105th Street and Western Avenue. Seymour worked for Best Buy and was reportedly well liked by his coworkers.
CBS2 |
FBI to announce new Net-wiretapping push
The FBI is expected to reveal today that because of the rise of Web-based e-mail and social networks, it's "increasingly unable" to conduct certain types of surveillance that would be possible on cellular and traditional telephones. FBI general counsel Valerie Caproni will outline what the bureau is calling the "Going Dark" problem, meaning that police can be thwarted when conducting court-authorized eavesdropping because Internet companies aren't required to build in backdoors in advance, or because technology doesn't permit it.
CNET |
Immigration authorities at odds on local participation in enforcement program
Even as federal immigration officials were telling Arlington County, San Francisco and other jurisdictions that they could not opt out of a controversial immigration enforcement program, they were telling other municipalities that they could, according to internal Department of Homeland Security documents. The documents, released as a result of a lawsuit against DHS by opponents of the program, reveal an agency at odds over how to handle criticism of Secure Communities, the Obama administration's signature immigration enforcement program, without running afoul of constitutional limits on what the federal government can demand of local jurisdictions.
Washington Post
|
L.A. stadium plan includes rent payments to city
The proposed developers of a new National Football League stadium in downtown Los Angeles have offered to kick in lease payments for use of city land as part of a financing deal for the multifaceted project, according to a transaction outline submitted to city negotiators Wednesday night. Sports and entertainment conglomerate Anschutz Entertainment Group lists rent from a proposed ground lease as part of the revenues that would be used to repay city bonds that would be issued in connection with the project.
Los Angeles Times |
L.A. City Council kills parking garage leasing plan
The Los Angeles City Council killed a plan Wednesday for leasing nine public parking garages to a private company, ignoring a demand from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to keep the plan as a strategy for solving this year's budget crisis. On a 12-0 vote, the council halted its search for a firm to run the garages over the next 50 years. That deal was supposed to generate $53 million for the city's general fund, which pays for basic services such as public safety and parks.
Los Angeles Times |
CalPERS board holds off on new gift restrictions for employees
CalPERS is struggling with how much to restrict its employees' activities to prevent a repeat of the bribery scandal that has engulfed the California pension fund. The fund's governing board voted Wednesday to continue studying legislation introduced by State Controller John Chiang, a CalPERS board member, that would restrict gifts employees could accept from investment firms.
Sacramento Bee
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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:
www.LAPD.com |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
|
|
|
