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Star & Shield Magazine

January 2024

This Year Holds Immense Opportunity for Our Membership

This Year Holds Immense Opportunity for Our Membership

I want to express my appreciation and gratitude upon being recently elected as president of PPOA. I am honored to represent you! I thank and acknowledge outgoing President Nancy Escobedo for her years of dedicated service to PPOA and its membership. Following in the footsteps of my predecessor will be a huge order, and I aim to expand upon the vision and servant leadership she provided. Our members are the true leaders of PPOA. Read More

Contract Negotiations

Contract Negotiations

Happy new year! As we begin 2024, PPOA’s most important resolution is to prepare for and begin negotiations in good faith with the County of Los Angeles for successor Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) to PPOA’s existing 2022–2025 MOUs. PPOA is the exclusive bargaining unit (B/U) for thousands of employees of the Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney’s Office and Coroner’s Office (Department of Medical Examiner). Read More

Challenges Facing the Department Continue to Stymie Hiring Process for Custody Assistants

Challenges Facing the Department Continue to Stymie Hiring Process for Custody Assistants

Happy new year to you all. A new year, new leadership, yet the work continues, especially with the challenges facing the Department that affect us all. The past year saw unprecedented amounts of overtime and drafting. CARP is entering year four, and the applications are not what they once were as the Department struggles to get applicants who pass backgrounds and make an academy. Read More

Thankful for Support and Determined  to Help PPOA Members Move Forward

Thankful for Support and Determined to Help PPOA Members Move Forward

Hello, partners. I would like to start by thanking every Sheriff’s Security Assistant and Sheriff’s Security Officer in our Department, not only for their support during the recent PPOA Board election, but also for the hard work they put in every day to keep our communities safe. Read More

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