Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
PPOA wants to ensure that all members make it home safely after celebrating and socializing during the holidays. The new PPOA “Steer Clear” program offers reimbursements to members of this association who use UBER or LYFT between Nov.19, 2018 and Jan. 2, 2019. This reimbursement offer is limited to one round-trip or two one-way trips […] Read More
The vibrant life of Custody Assistant Anthony Thompson was cut short by a drunk driver on November 19, 2017. His mother, LASD Sergeant Ottawa Cureton, is passionate about Anthony’s legacy as she moves forward with equal parts strength and grace. PPOA was honored to capture Sergeant Cureton’s inspiring perspective on video in honor of the […] Read More
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For many years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has struggled with hiring sufficient sworn personnel. Last year, the department created a recruitment and retention task force; however, this task force has been ineffective. The department still struggles with hiring issues including: recruitment, department image, background process, polygraphs, medical exams, CA/SO disqualifications and many more. […] Read More
Today, PPOA received word that the department has officially reduced the five-year commitment for patrol certified supervisors in Custody Division to three years. This is a welcome policy revision and has been a priority for PPOA representatives working with department management and the Sheriff to iron out details of the revision. “The five-year commitment […] Read More
Attention PPOA Members: For the past several weeks, PPOA and our legal team have been reviewing and analyzing our options regarding the county’s August 10, 2018 notification of retroactive payments for the revised calculation of the regular rate of pay for overtime hours. This notification was based on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ […] Read More
Assembly Bill 931 sought to strike decades-old settled law regarding the use of force by peace officers and, put simply, was one of the most anti-police, anti-public safety bills in the history of the California Legislature. Given the current sentiment in the California Legislature, its prospects for passage bordered on the inevitable. Last night, however, the […] Read More
On August 31, 2018, PPOA President Brian Moriguchi and Executive Director Wayne Quint met with York executives and managers as well as representatives from County CEO’s office. The purpose of the meeting was to address complaints received by PPOA from injured workers primarily concerning denials of claims and medical treatments, cancellations of prescriptions and unresponsive […] Read More
DEPUTY DIDIER HURDLE / END OF WATCH: 11/25/77 Deputy Didier “Dee” Hurdle was shot and killed on November 25, 1977 in the Willowbrook area of Los Angeles. Deputy Hurdle was fatally wounded when he and a cadet trainee stopped a car containing suspected gang members. As one of the suspects exited the vehicle and […] Read More
Today, an inmate at the Lakewood Station jail punched a female custody assistant in the face during fingerprinting, took her taser and pulled her into a locked cell. Despite suffering a broken nose and a concussion, the C.A. managed to active her emergency alarm while the inmate held her hair in one hand and the […] Read More