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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
March 8, 2011 |
LAPD seeks information in deadly Watts shooting
Los Angeles police were seeking the public's help Monday after a shooting in Watts left one man dead and a woman critically wounded. The two were sitting inside a parked vehicle in the 2200 block of East 105th Street last Sunday when an attacker walked up from the sidewalk and fired multiple rounds, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The man, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman, 34, was in extremely critical condition Monday, according to the LAPD.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD helicopter makes unexpected landing
An LAPD helicopter made an unexpected landing on Monday at the Chatsworth reservoir. The chopper was patrolling the San Fernando Valley just before 10 a.m. when a caution light came on. The pilot decided to touch down at the Chatsworth reservoir. A second chopper carrying a mechanic flew in to make sure everything was OK. It's still unclear what triggered the problem. No one was hurt in the incident.
ABC7 |
68-year-old man is shot with Taser, beanbag gun after he allegedly tries to attack LAPD officers
A 68-year-old man sustained fractures in the bones around his eyes and two broken ribs after a violent confrontation with Los Angeles police officers, authorities said Monday. Michael Lasky was shot multiple times with a Taser device and a non-lethal beanbag shotgun early Friday after he allegedly tried to use his vehicle to ram officers in their patrol cars, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The incident occurred in the Pacific station area near Culver City.
Los Angeles Times |
Crime alerts for Pico-Robertson, Windsor Square and seven other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in nine L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Seven neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Pico-Robertson was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.3 over the last three months. Windsor Square topped the list of two neighborhoods with property-crime alerts. It recorded five property crimes compared with its weekly average of 1.8 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
63% under 30 admit driving while on phone
The U.S. Department of Transportation and Consumer Reports magazine have released a poll that illustrates how widespread distracted driving is among young people and a plan to help fight it. The poll says 63 percent of people under 30 acknowledge driving while using a handheld phone and 30 percent say they've sent text messages while behind the wheel. For those over 30, the percentages were 41 percent on the phone and 9 percent texting. Only about a third of the young people said they feel such behavior is very dangerous.
Associated Press |
State & Municipal Budget Crises
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Brown says he does not have GOP votes for budget
Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday he does not have enough Republican votes to pass his plan to address California's $26.6 billion budget deficit, just days before the deadline he set for the state Legislature to call a special election and place a tax measure before voters in June. The Democratic governor has been meeting with GOP lawmakers individually and in groups for weeks. He told reporters after addressing the California Community Colleges board of governors that he might not win the two Republican votes needed in each legislative house by his Thursday deadline.
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Financially strapped Colton will lay off police officers
Facing a $5.5-million budget shortfall, the Inland Empire city of Colton will lay off eight police officers by the end of April and has continued to negotiate for concessions from unions representing the city's firefighters, police dispatchers and utility workers. The police layoff notices went out at the end of last week. The San Bernardino County town has already laid off nearly 100 city workers in recent years as it struggles with declining sales tax revenue and loss of an unpopular utility tax that is set to expire in June.
Los Angeles Times
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Result of furloughs - $1 billion liability
California prison guards and their supervisors have racked up 33.2 million hours of vacation, sick and other paid time off - an astounding accumulation that amounts to nearly half a year per worker. It also adds up to a $1 billion liability for taxpayers of the deficit-plagued state. Poor management at California's prisons has for years allowed workers to stock up on generous amounts of paid time off - a benefit that employees must either use or cash out when they retire. But the numbers swelled when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger imposed furloughs in 2009, forcing prison guards and their supervisors to take unpaid days off each month to help save state cash.
San Francisco Chronicle
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Why employee pensions aren't bankrupting states
From state legislatures to Congress to tea party rallies, a vocal backlash is rising against what are perceived as too-generous retirement benefits for state and local government workers. However, that widespread perception doesn't match reality. A close look at state and local pension plans across the nation, and a comparison of them to those in the private sector reveals a more complicated story. However, the short answer is that there's simply no evidence that state pensions are the current burden to public finances that their critics claim.
Sacramento Bee |
Porter Ranch move may be timely
If you're going to run for district attorney of Los Angeles, it helps if you live in Los Angeles. Such is the case for Jackie Lacey, who was promoted last week to chief deputy to District Attorney Steve Cooley. Lacey said she moved to Porter Ranch from her longtime home in Ventura County as she considers a run for the seat in 2012 - if Cooley decides against seeking a fourth term.
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