by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Tensions between Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and the union representing LAPD officers boiled over into a federal lawsuit Thursday, with the Los Angeles Police Protective League claiming the chief has a “corrupting influence” on the disciplinary process and...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
California has some of the strictest laws in the U.S. against publicly releasing information about officer discipline. State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) says recent high-profile clashes between police departments and the communities they serve show that now is...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday agreed to pay nearly $1 million to a former Westside motorcycle officer who said the Police Department retaliated against him for not participating in an illegal traffic ticket quota system. The payment, recommended by the Los...
by Ron DeLord | Dec 17, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Three years ago, then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council voted to reduce the retirement benefits they would offer to future civilian hires, in an effort to curtail the growing pension costs that have been consuming more and more of the city budget. This...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and members of several other employee groups will get a 10% pay increase over three years under contracts approved Tuesday by county supervisors. The agreements mirror deals approved in September for...