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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 24, 2011 |
City Council eyes whether to delay LAPD hiring as savings
With reluctant agreement from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the City Council on Wednesday erased most of the deficit in the current Los Angeles budget by delaying the hiring of police officers. The council followed the advice of its top budget advisers and agreed to delay hiring 45 new officers until after July 1, when a lower pension rate takes effect. While that move will save only about $700,000 this year, it is expected to save taxpayers millions of dollars in future years in lower pension costs.
Los Angeles Daily News |
LAPD veteran officer retires
As tradition at the LAPD states, on Wednesday LAPD Sergeant Bobby Kirk went on a ride along with his two sons, who are also police officers, before saying goodbye to the department he has worked at for more than 30 years. Kirk planned to talk and reminisce with his sons while on patrol. His wife is also a former officer, while another son is an officer in Santa Barbara. So police work is truly a family affair in the Kirk household. Kirk says he's been surfing since he was 14 or 15, and is looking forward to going up and down the California coast and hitting the waves.
NBC4 |
Arraignment for school cop delayed
A Los Angeles School police officer made his first court appearance Wednesday in connection with charges that he lied about being shot by a burglary suspect near El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, prompting a neighborhood lockdown and police dragnet. Jeff Stenroos, 30, was ordered to return to Van Nuys Superior Court on April 6 for arraignment, after he asked for time to hire an attorney. He was charged March 10 with one felony count each of filing a false report, perjury by declaration, preparing false documentary evidence and insurance fraud, and one misdemeanor count of false report of an emergency.
City News Service |
LAPD investigates shooting of man in Reseda park
Los Angeles police are investigating a shooting that took place Wednesday afternoon in a park blocks from Reseda High School, department officials said Wednesday. The shooting was reported shortly before 1 p.m. in the 18300 block of Kittridge Street, according to LAPD Officer Cleon Joseph. But there were no immediate details on the injuries or condition of the victim. No motive has been established for the shooting.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD officers exchange gunfire with shooter in Wilmington
Los Angeles police officers exchanged gunfire with a shooter Wednesday during a traffic stop in Wilmington. The officers were not hurt and it was not immediately clear if the shooter was even hit, according to police. The shooting unfolded about 2:30 p.m. as LAPD officers pulled a vehicle over near the intersection of King Avenue and F Street. Sources familiar with the case, but who asked not to be named and cautioned that the information was preliminary, said the suspect came out of the vehicle shooting at the officers, who returned fire.
Los Angeles Times |
U.S. deputy marshal shoots federal prison escapee In Hollywood
The man wounded by a U.S. deputy marshal in Hollywood Wednesday was an escapee from a federal prison, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 11:50 a.m. at Sunset Boulevard and Wilton Place, according to Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations office. Paramedics transported the suspect to a hospital, and no other injuries were reported.
City News Service |
Rights are curtailed for terror suspects
New rules allow investigators to hold domestic-terror suspects longer than others without giving them a Miranda warning, significantly expanding exceptions to the instructions that have governed the handling of criminal suspects for more than four decades. The move is one of the Obama administration's most significant revisions to rules governing the investigation of terror suspects in the U.S.
Wall Street Journal |
State & City Budget Crises
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Poll shows public support for Brown's budget plan is slipping
Public support for Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to solve the budget crisis with a June election is eroding as other officials warn that delaying such a move until late fall, as the governor is considering, could trigger a cash crisis and a fresh round of state-issued IOUs. A new survey from the independent Public Policy Institute of California shows that 46% of likely California voters back Brown's call for a five-year extension on some sales, income and vehicle taxes to help balance the state's books.
Los Angeles Times |
LA city budget shaved to $4.1M
The city's Chief Administrative Officer told the City Council today that he had found nearly $50 million in savings and whittled the budget deficit to $4.1 million. Miguel Santana delivered the upbeat report to the council, telling them that: no more furloughs would be imposed this fiscal year; that the city's reserve fund, now at $191 million, needed to be further beefed up; and that he wants the council to delay starting a final class of police recruits through the academy until after the start of the next fiscal year to reduce costs, as approved by voters in the form of reduced pension and health benefits.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Unions put aside feelings, get contracts
Feelings are facts - and sometimes they're the most important facts when you're talking about resolving conflicts. How else to explain the nearly three months - and unnecessary furlough days for 60,000 affected state workers - for six unions to reach new labor deals with Gov. Jerry Brown? "These were very tough negotiations," said Brown's labor chief, Ron Yank. "There are still some hurt feelings. I understand it."
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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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