Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
In the last months of 2021, the leadership of ALADS and PPOA discussed many times the upcoming Sheriff election and its impacts on our membership. Through these discussions, both organizations decided to work collaboratively to explore the endorsement of a candidate for Los Angeles County Sheriff. Read More
It certainly cannot be understated that the three-plus years of Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s first term as the 33rd Sheriff of Los Angeles County have truly, to most, passed at a dizzying pace. It seems like yesterday when history was made in the November 2018 general election as then-retired LASD Lieutenant Villanueva defied all the political odds by becoming the first candidate to defeat an incumbent L.A. County Sheriff in over 100 years. Read More
We hoped 2022 would be a time when we could possibly exhale from the suffocating and exhausting challenges suffered in the previous two years. But the challenges from the state, the County and the workplace continue to suck the air out of the building. The political cloud continues to hover over our Department. Read More
I hope everybody is doing well as we roll into February. As some of you know, the articles are written well in advance of when you receive the magazine in your mailbox. Please know that you can also find each issue online at PPOA.com, usually a week earlier than the hard copy is available. Read More