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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
February 18, 2011 |
LAPPL rips Councilman Parks for running away
Concerned that a recent campaign mailer may have hit a nerve, Councilman Bernard C. Parks is trying to distance himself from his own record on public safety. In the mailer, the Los Angeles Police Protective League blasted the Councilman for consistently voting against funding for new police officers, blaming it on the City's financial constraints, while still personally collecting almost half a million dollars a year from his pension and full Council salary.
Press Release |
State's impound laws make sense, help to limit liability
The Ninth Circuit Federal Court has written a new chapter in the nationwide debate over whether state impound laws authorizing or requiring impound of cars driven by unlicensed drivers. Under California law, police officers can impound and hold vehicles for 30 days when driven by unlicensed drivers. The Legislature has said that the penalty is "warranted to protect Californians from the harm caused by unlicensed drivers."
Los Angeles Daily News |
The LAPD consent-decree mess; more of the same ahead for other agencies as DOJ ramps up a campaign against police, author warns
An award-winning journalist who frequently writes on law enforcement issues has given a scathing account of the federal government's 10-year oversight of the LAPD and calls it “a disturbing harbinger for other police departments.” In a 3,100-word report in The Weekly Standard magazine, author and TV commentator Heather Mac Donald paints a damning picture of life for an agency under a so-called “consent decree” that allows outside forces to tightly regulate day-to-day policing activities.
Force Science News
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Armenian Power crackdown continues
Of the 70 people charged Wednesday in Los Angeles County with assisting an Armenian organized crime ring, 19 defendants lived in Glendale and six lived in Burbank, according to documents from the U.S. attorney's office. Local and federal authorities arrested dozens of alleged members and associates of the gang Armenian Power during a massive regional takedown Wednesday dubbed "Operation Power Outage." FBI officials said Thursday that they are continuing a search for about 25 more people.
Burbank Leader |
Op-ed piece by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck
Every day when Los Angeles Police officers pin on their badges and prepare to protect and to serve, they're reminded of what they learned as Academy recruits: a reverence for human life. Los Angeles Police Department officers are never trained to “shoot to kill,” only to stop a deadly threat in order to keep the community and themselves safe. This isn't a rhetorical turn-of-phrase or semantic contrivance, but a real world reality: taking a life -- anyone's life -- is never our intent. It's a tragedy when it occurs for everyone involved and for the City of Los Angeles.
LAPD Blog |
Missing toddler found, female caregiver arrested
Police have found a toddler who disappeared along with a woman who was looking after her. That woman has been arrested. 2-year-old Lashiba Berry was found safe, police said early this morning. She had last seen by her father, Larry Berry, Tuesday night at their RV parked near 70th and Grand. He left Lashiba and her 2-month-old brother with a family friend 18-year old Tamara Moore. When he returned Moore and Lashiba were gone. Berry found the two-month-old boy in the RV unharmed.
KTLA |
Costs for jailed illegal immigrants show the need for reform
It costs the state of California nearly $1 billion to incarcerate illegal immigrants, only a small fraction of which the federal government reimburses. It's never been a great deal for the state, and under President Obama's budget proposal released Monday it will get even worse. The federal government last year sent $330 million to California and other states to help offset the cost of illegal immigrants in prison. California generally commands as much as a third of the money.
Los Angeles Daily News Editorial |
Fresno County early inmate release a preview for state?
In Fresno County, the financial crisis caused deep budget cuts at the sheriff's office. The sheriff laid off corrections officers and reduced the number of jail inmates. And now, some argue, auto thefts are on the rise because there are more criminals on the streets. While this particular scenario is playing out in Fresno, some version of it could be coming to communities all over California.
California Watch
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State & Municipal Budget Crises
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Cash to fight blight paying city salaries in California
Cities throughout California are using redevelopment funds - intended to fight blight and promote economic development - as emergency ATMs to pay for core services, including police, fire and code enforcement, and sometimes the mayor's salary. This use of redevelopment money is clearly illegal in some cases, and legal or on the margins in others. Either way, officials in many cash-strapped cities say they have come to rely on redevelopment money to avoid making deep budget cuts.
Los Angeles Times |
State board approves cuts in aid to crime victims
A state panel Thursday approved cuts in aid for crime victims in an attempt to keep the country's oldest and largest victim-restitution fund from going broke next year. The three-member California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board unanimously adopted more than $18 million in cuts through June 2012. The cuts were recommended by board staff.
Riverside Press-Enterprise
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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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