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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
April 19, 2011 |
Man on bike hit by car, fatally shot by occupants
A man on a bicycle was struck by a car and shot and killed by the occupants in a possible gang-related incident in Silver Lake, officials said. The man was riding his bicycle Sunday evening when the car hit him near Hoover Street and Del Mar Avenue, said Officer Rosario Herrera of the Los Angeles Police Department. She said some of those inside the car then got out and shot the bike rider in the upper body. The cyclist was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries, about 9:30 p.m. Herrera said there was no description of the car or gunmen.
Los Angeles Times |
LAPD seeks information in child molestation case
Los Angeles police Monday were seeking potential victims of a man charged with molesting a developmentally disabled child. Jeremy Shawn Stockton, 29, is an employee of Wellspring, which specializes in working with children who have autism, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Stockton also was a special education trainee at Grant High School in Van Nuys and worked with developmentally disabled children at the YMCA in La Cañada Flintridge, according to the LAPD.
Los Angeles Times
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Moving prison inmates to jails will create many problems
On April 4, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 109, which would shift thousands of state prison inmates to the custody of local law enforcement. At a time of budget shortfalls, swollen local jail populations and when two-thirds of California counties are under court-ordered or self-imposed population caps for local jails. This flawed measure is designed to reduce the number of inmates in California's chronically overcrowded state lockups by releasing thousands of felons who have committed a laundry list of crimes including preying on children and seniors.
San Bernardino Sun |
BART to swear in new deputy police chiefs
BART will swear in three new deputy police chiefs Tuesday, carrying out another change recommended by outside auditors to improve discipline and accountability in the transit system's police force. The new deputy chiefs will not belong to a union. Previously, all BART police employees except the chief belonged to a union. Those unionized posts included two police commander positions; those jobs have been phased out and replaced by deputy chiefs.
Contra Costa Times |
Calif. cuts inmate numbers as it awaits high court
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide within weeks whether federal judges can order California to reduce the inmate population in its overstuffed prisons, but the state already has taken steps that will limit the consequences if the court rules against it. Moreover, a new state law would remove even more inmates than the federal courts contemplated. However it rules, the high court still will set a nationwide precedent as it determines the authority of federal judges to intervene in states' operations of their prison systems.
Associated Press |
L.A. County budget to preserve services, official says
In a major contrast to the financial woes at Los Angeles City Hall, L.A. County officials trumpeted the release of a budget Monday that calls for no layoffs, furloughs or major program cuts. "We're in a position better than most," County Chief Executive William T Fujioka told reporters, saying the county was able to preserve most services in its $23.3-billion budget despite a $220.9-million revenue shortfall.
Los Angeles Times |
New contract for California prison guards lifts cap on saved vacation
Deep in the 200-page contract that Gov. Jerry Brown recently approved for state prison guards is a provision that could generate a cash windfall to the officers when they retire. The guards, who are among Brown's largest political benefactors, would be able to save an unlimited number of vacation days under their new deal. When they leave state service, those days could be exchanged for cash at their final pay rate, which would probably be higher than when they earned the time off.
Los Angeles Times |
Mayor Villaraigosa's labor relations may be fraying
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's negotiations with unions over the past year have relied on the goodwill he generated from his years standing on the front lines with workers as a labor organizer. But over the past several years, that goodwill has begun to erode as he has taken on, first, United Teachers Los Angeles with his effort to take control of the Los Angeles Unified School District and, more recently, city unions.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Los Angeles Times wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes
The Los Angeles Times was awarded the Pulitzer Prize gold medal for public service for revealing official corruption in Bell and the feature photography award for Barbara Davidson's images of victims struggling to recover in the aftermath of gang violence. Davidson spent two years photographing victims of violent crime in South Los Angeles, Compton and Watts. Her work, the judges said, told an "intimate story of innocent victims trapped in the city's crossfire of deadly gang violence."
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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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