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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 9, 2011 |
Incumbents hold edge in L.A. council races
Six members of the Los Angeles City Council were pulling ahead of their challengers in Tuesday's election, despite a year in which council members struggled to get a handle on a sweeping budget crisis. Nine of 10 ballot measures were sailing to victory, including one to trim pension benefits for newly hired police and firefighters and another that would allocate more money for libraries that were cut back in the wake of fiscal woes.
Los Angeles Times |
Parks declares victory, but Hogan-Rowles will not concede
Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks declared victory early today after results showed him narrowly avoiding a runoff by less than 1 percentage point in unofficial tallies. But his chief opponent, Forescee Hogan-Rowles, said she would not concede and would wait until all the provisional and remaining absentee ballots were counted. Parks, the former city police chief who was heavily opposed by organized labor, had to win more than 50% of the vote in Tuesday's primary to declare outright victory. With all 95 precincts in his South Los Angeles district reporting, he led with 50.89% of the vote, followed by Hogan-Rowles with 43.99% and Jabari Jumaane with 5.11%.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD's budget plan includes millions more in salaries, OT
While most city agencies are facing another year of cost-cutting, the LAPD would get an additional $56 million for fiscal 2011-12 under a preliminary budget approved Tuesday by the civilian Police Commission. The increase would bring the Los Angeles Police Department budget to $1.2 billion, a bump of nearly 5 percent above the $1.17 billion allocated for the current fiscal year. Nearly $44 million of the increase would pay for salary increases and overtime for sworn officers and civilian employees, according to LAPD.
Los Angeles Daily News |
LAPD warns restaurant owners about phony health inspectors
Authorities in Los Angeles said Tuesday that scam artists pretending to be health inspectors have been targeting area restaurants seeking to get private information. Numerous restaurant operators have reported receiving phone calls in which the callers requested information including employees' phone numbers, which was supposedly needed to schedule inspections, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Restaurant owners who provided information were told they would be inspected at a specific date and time, but no one showed up, the LAPD said.
Los Angeles Times |
Crime alerts for Pico-Robertson, Windsor Square and eight other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 10 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 three 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 |
LAPD bomb squad officers to train in Israel
Four Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad technicians are visiting Israel to train with their counterparts in the Israeli National Police Bomb Squad. Ronald Capra, an LAPD bomb squad officer who will accompany three other officers for the training, said LAPD's "exposure to local [Israeli] bomb units" will help the LAPD learn more about how to handle and dispose of explosive devices, given Israeli technicians' experience with suicide attacks. "They've paid the price for it," Capra said, referring to Israeli lives lost in bomb-related violence, but they are the "foremost" experts on explosives "in the world."
Jewish Journal |
FBI unveils faster fingerprint ID technology
The FBI's new technology platform for storing and identifying fingerprints is now operational, the bureau announced. The Next Generation Identification System adds several new biometric features and is expected to significantly reduce processing times compared to the existing Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, launched by the FBI in 1999. The IAFIS houses the fingerprints and criminal histories of 66 million people, plus 25 million "civil" prints.
Government Technology |
After waiting 27 years, California man dies without seeing daughter's killer executed
George Cullins, whose daughter was murdered by serial killer Dean Phillip Carter in 1984, has died without seeing his most fervent wish come to pass: Carter's execution. Cullins, 88, a retired Marine Corps officer, died last week in the Antelope Valley of complications from injuries he suffered in a traffic accident in October. His wife, Helen, remains hospitalized. After the 1984 murder of his 24-year-old daughter, Janette, Cullins became an activist in favor of the death penalty and victims' rights.
Los Angeles Times |
Pension coalition to Gov. Brown, Legislature: "California is not Wisconsin"
A broad coalition representing California's public employees sent a letter Tuesday to California Gov. Jerry Brown and members of the Legislature, urging them to protect retirement security for those who serve the public. The letter from the Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security, which represents more than 1.5 million teachers, firefighters, school employees, police, engineers and other employees, reminds the governor and lawmakers, currently engaged in talks to try to fill California's gaping budget hole, of the concessions that state workers already have made to save state government $400 million.
California Majority Report |
Jerry Brown touts law enforcement support
Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that law enforcement leaders from throughout the state have endorsed his proposal to shift some state service to local government, a central part of his budget plan. The announcement follows by less than 24 hours the declaration by five Republican senators that they had reached an impasse in their budget talks with Brown. The Democratic governor said Monday he lacks the Republican support necessary to put tax extensions on the June ballot, acknowledging he might not reach a budget deal by his Thursday deadline.
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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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