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Agreement Reached: Community Colleges Bureau Demobilization

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December 4, 2020 — After asserting our rights to negotiate with the Department regarding the upcoming full curtailment and demobilization of Community Colleges Bureau, today, we can report an agreement between PPOA and the Sheriff’s Department has been reached. Affected members are advised to monitor LASD email for notifications of the transfer preference protocol, and the available job positions for each classification from which to choose (anticipated to be sent out on December 7, 2020).
 
The Department’s budget woes are expected to persist as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to decimate the economy. While this particular curtailment is due to a loss of contract, the decision by the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) was at least partially based on a loss of revenue and reduced need of services, as many students are attending classes online during the pandemic. 
 
PPOA would like to take this opportunity to thank Sheriff Villanueva and his administration for their tireless efforts to ensure that NO LAYOFFS were necessary due to this loss of contract. This agreement represents a result of compromise on all sides to reduce the amount of impact to PPOA members and reflects the Department’s desire to ensure members remain working in these unprecedented times as well as PPOA’s unwavering commitment to protect the labor rights of the PPOA membership. 
 
While PPOA members will continue to be affected by these potential burdens, options to address the budget crisis are well within the management rights of the Department. PPOA will of course continue to monitor all changes in working conditions and make every effort to ensure fair implementation.

UPDATE: Demobilization of Community College Bureau

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November 24, 2020 – Today, a PPOA team consisting of Henry Jimenez, the newly sworn-in Board Member representing Security Officers, President Tab Rhodes, Vice-President Jim Blankenship, Secretary Tony Coleman, Executive Director Wayne Quint Jr., Labor Representative Teresa O’Neil, and counsel Dennis Hayes, participated in a teleconference with representatives of the Sheriff’s Department regarding the demobilization of Community Colleges Bureau (CCB). This initial meeting with the Department, followed the meeting of Saturday, November 20, 2020, in which PPOA met with approximately 35 CCB Security Officers, at Los Angeles City College, to exchange information and discuss potential impacts.

 

During today’s meeting, the Department confirmed that all attempts to renegotiate a contract for services with the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) had broken down.  As a result, effective January 1, 2021, all security services to the Community Colleges will be provided by a contract security company.  While the timing of this development and its impact are horrendous during these unprecedented historic times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department has assured PPOA that their intention is to ensure NO LAYOFFS or demotions will be necessary.

 

The Department will, in the near future, be providing information requested by PPOA, as well as their proposal for member re-assignment.  The logistics of demobilizing and re-assigning personnel on such a short timeline and during the holidays are extremely burdensome to Department resources.  Thankfully, initial conversations with the Department were optimistic and collaborative.  While PPOA would like to provide further information at this time, we must give the Department time to prepare responses for further review.

 

PPOA strongly urges members to monitor the mobile app, your personal emails, and all other PPOA communications to ensure you have only the best and confirmed information available. PPOA requests that you direct any rumors or information provided by the Department regarding these issues directly to info@ppoa.com, for our review.

PPOA Board Election Results

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PPOA MEMBERS RE-ELECT VIENNA, ROMO AND COLEMAN
 
An official ballot count conducted this afternoon (Nov. 20, 2020) confirmed that PPOA members who are LASD Sergeants and Lieutenants in Unit 612 have re-elected Lieutenant Ryan Vienna and Sergeant Tony Romo to continue serving as directors of the PPOA board. 
 
The ballot count also confirmed that PPOA members who are LASD Custody Assistants in Unit 621 have re-elected Custody Assistant Tony Coleman to continue serving as a director of the PPOA board. 
 
Final ballot count results are below:
 
 
Vienna, Romo and Coleman will each be officially sworn in for a new two-year term at the PPOA board meeting on December 9th. 
The ballot count was conducted by THE ELECTION COMPANY, CEC, an independent election firm, which confirms ballot count accuracy by running a pre-counted stack of practice ballots through the machine to calibrate it before running the actual ballots through twice to ensure final count is verified and accurate.
Special thanks to the PPOA members who volunteered to serve on today’s election committee and monitor/verify the ballot count:
·LADAI Sergeant Yvette Hartwell
·Retired Coroner Investigator Dan Machian
·Law Enforcement Technician Vonetta Mays
 

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PPOA Member SEE’S CANDIES 2020 Order Form

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For the last three decades, PPOA sweetest holiday tradition has been the See’s Candies discount offer. The famous treats make perfect gifts for everyone (except you dentist). 

Over the years PPOA members have ordered more than $100,000 in sweet See’s goodness while enjoying savings over retail prices. This offer is available to PPOA members only and the entire 15% discount is passed along to PPOA members. 

Orders must be received by November 30th. Please click here for details and order form with all PPOA discounts listed. 

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Demobilization of Community College Bureau

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This afternoon, PPOA received the information below from the Sheriff’s Department:
 
“The Department just received word that the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) will not be renewing its security contract with the Sheriff’s Department when the current contract expires on December 31, 2020. The LACCD does not want armed law enforcement personnel providing security on their campuses any longer, they only want unarmed security personnel. Unfortunately, the Department is not in a position to accommodate this new model of security services as requested by the LACCD. Therefore, effective January 1, 2021, the Community College Bureau will be demobilized and all of its existing personnel will be reassigned throughout the Department. Additional information will be provided to you on the Department’s plan to address this demobilization effort as soon as it becomes available.”
 
The PPOA Board of Directors, including newly-sworn-in Unit 621 Director Henry Jimenez, who represents Security Officers and Security Assistants, is awaiting further information on this development. Communication with the Sheriff Department and County executives has been initiated and PPOA will provide an update to members as soon as specific details become available.

Amazon Smile PPOA

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