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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
June 10, 2011 |
LAPD chief issues warning on police staffing
In a display of brinkmanship that could throw ongoing contract talks into turmoil, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck issued a public warning that the LAPD would have to send home thousands of police officers unless an agreement can be reached with union leaders to extend a deal on overtime benefits. Officials from the Police Protective League, which represents rank-and-file officers, dismissed Beck's warning as a misguided ploy to pressure them into making concessions.
Los Angeles Times
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Police union pushes back on City leaders for underfunding LAPD
The Los Angeles Police Protective League on Thursday pushed back on City leaders for creating a public safety crisis by irresponsibly finalizing a city budget that left the LAPD with a $41 million budget gap. "With just 20 days to go before the new city budget takes effect, the LAPD is threatening to take measures to plug the gap that put the public at risk and show a total disregard for long-established collective bargaining principles," said LAPPL President Paul M. Weber.
Press Release |
Officials target immigration scammers
A West Hills man accused of visa fraud became the posterboy of a nationwide crackdown on immigration scam artists launched Thursday by local and federal officials. The arrest of Carlos Alberto Silva, 29, at his Canoga Park business this week was announced as officials unveiled a multi-agency effort to target notarios - the Spanish word for those offering legal advice, representation or other services on immigration issues even though they are not qualified to do so.
Los Angeles Daily News |
'Baby stroller bandits' target moms shopping downtown
Police were looking Thursday for two women dubbed the "baby stroller bandits," suspected of lifting wallets from mothers shopping in downtown Los Angeles. LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon said the women act as a team with one distracting and blocking the victim's view while the other quickly lifts wallets out of purses that have been placed in baby strollers.
Los Angeles Times |
Police Commission's right; it's time to put brakes on L.A.'s red-light cameras
The Los Angeles Police Commission went against the wishes of LAPD leaders and voted this week to shut off the city's controversial red light cameras. We applaud the decision. We urge the City Council to accept it and look for other ways to make intersections safer. It is not clear if the cameras, put in place starting in 2004 to catch red light runners at 32 L.A. intersections, have prevented many traffic accidents. It is clear they haven't prevented an ugly collision between good intentions and politics.
Los Angeles Daily News Editorial |
Police seek public's help in freeway-shooting case
The driver of a Toyota Prius who was shot and killed in a car-to-car shooting on the 110 Freeway in the early hours of Thursday morning has been identified as a 55-year-old South Bay man, police said. Police said Ivan Spencer called 911 about 2:30 a.m. from the southbound 110 near the 91 Freeway transition and reported that he had been shot. His car then ran into the highway's side wall as he lost consciousness, they said. Spencer died at the Harbor UCLA Medical Center.
Los Angeles Times |
Man on Death Row charged in 4 more killings
A man who was sent to Death Row in 2007 for murdering 10 women in Los Angeles County between 1987 and 1998 pleaded not guilty today to new charges that he killed four additional victims in South Los Angeles within the same period. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Upinder S. Kalra ordered Chester D. Turner to remain jailed without bail.
Torrance Daily Breeze |
1 in 3 jobless Californians out of work for year or more
Of the more than 2.1 million jobless Californians, one out of three has been unemployed for a year or more, according to the latest figures from the state Employment Development Department. And as joblessness drags on, unemployment checks run out. About 1.1 million people in the state currently receive jobless benefits, which averaged $291 a week in April. But as of this week, more than 439,000 Californians had exhausted all their benefits - up to 99 weeks.
California Watch |
State & Municipal Budget Crises
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California Senate to begin daily budget floor sessions today
With the June 15 constitutional deadline looming, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, announced today that his house will begin daily budget floor sessions 10 a.m. today. No deal appears imminent as Republicans and Democrats remain divided over whether to extend higher sales and vehicle tax rates until voters can have their say. Republicans do not want to extend those tax rates, while Gov. Jerry Brown is asking that they do so until a mid-September special election.
Sacramento Bee |
Sacramento police budget cuts are too dangerous
The Sacramento City Council is walking a tightrope - trying to fix the city's finances for the longer term, while trying to preserve essential services at the same time. But if the council were to give final approval to $12.2 million in cuts to the Police Department, that would unnecessarily put residents at risk. The reductions are just too deep.
Sacramento Bee Editorial
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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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