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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
July 1, 2011 |
LA City Council to consider 3-year contract with police union today
The City Council today will consider a proposed three-year labor contract with the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents the police department's rank-and-file officers. Paul Weber, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said the proposed contract is the result of compromises made by both the union and the city. "As in any contract negotiation, neither side got everything that it wanted," Weber said. "However, we believe this contract is fair, but it reflects the current budget issues faced by the city."
Los Angeles Daily News |
10 Pacoima gang members arrested on weapons, drug charges
Ten members and associates of two Pacoima-area gangs with reputed ties to the Mexican Mafia were arrested Thursday by an FBI and LAPD task force on suspicion of being part of a narcotics distribution network and the illegal sale of firearms. The task force targeted members of the Project Boys and Pacoima Flats gangs, which recently merged into one criminal enterprise. In addition to the 10 people captured in the morning raids, an additional eight have been charged by federal prosecutors.
Los Angeles Times |
66 officers turn in badges in San Jose's first police layoffs
Amid a homicide surge in what once was dubbed "America's Safest Big City," 66 young San Jose cops turned in their badges Thursday as a $115 million budget shortfall led to the city's first-ever police layoffs. The somber embraces of laid-off cops with fellow officers come as tensions simmer between cops and city leaders over pay and benefit cuts needed to save jobs as more deficits loom.
San Jose Mercury News
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Greuel: Gold Card Desk dismissed more than 40% of citations without explanation
More than 40 percent of the Los Angeles traffic citations dismissed by City Hall's controversial Gold Card Desk were dropped without explanation, according to a final audit of the program released Thursday. Used by public officials to challenge parking tickets, the desk came to light in an audit of the Department of Transportation released in May. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered the program halted after critics raised questions of preferential treatment.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Rights advocates sue L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca over immigrant data
Immigrant rights organizations have filed a suit against Los Angeles County and Sheriff Lee Baca over what they said was his failure to release public information about the department's cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Supporters gathered in front of sheriff's headquarters in Monterey Park on Thursday, hoping to serve Baca with the complaint.
Los Angeles Times |
Countdown to the 405 Closure
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American Heroes Air Show canceled due to 405 closure
We have elected to cancel the American Heroes Air Show scheduled for Saturday, July 16 at the Hansen Dam Sports Complex. For all of us on the event team this is an especially disappointing decision after the many encouraging calls and enthusiastic e-mails we've received about the event but we are seeing the real effects of the CALTRANS closure of the 405 Freeway - many of which are just now becoming known to us.
Official Announcement |
Defending public pensions
Over the past year, politicians, pundits and an array of think tanks have put forth some frightening predictions about public employee pension plans. A misguided belief that pensions, particularly defined benefit plans, are causing the fiscal stress of many states is false. The widely held notion that 401(k) plans can provide adequate retirement benefits is similarly, a myth. Here are some other major and oft-repeated misconceptions floating around many statehouses these days.
ABC News |
California given strict deadline to reduce prison population
A three-judge court that has ordered California to reduce its prison population issued strict deadlines Thursday for what will amount to a reduction of 37,000 inmates in two years. The special panel of federal judges set June 27, 2013, as the deadline for compliance, paying little heed to the U.S. Supreme Court's call for flexibility. In May, the high court cited California's cash crisis in suggesting that officials might need more time to resolve the overcrowding problem.
Los Angeles Times |
A safety valve for inmates, the arts, fades in California
Two years ago, arts in corrections programs were a mainstay of prisons across the country, embraced by administrators as a way to channel aggression, break down racial barriers, teach social skills and prepare inmates for the outside world. There was an arts coordinator in each of the 33 California state prisons, overseeing a rich variety of theater, painting and dance. But these programs have become a fading memory, casualties of the budget crises that have overwhelmed state and local governments nationwide.
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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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