A must read from our friends at the Association of Deputy District Attorneys: July 15, 2022 – Last month, a unanimous Court of Appeals panel reminded George Gascón that “[h]e is an elected official who must comply with the law, not a sovereign with absolute, unreviewable discretion.” He obviously disagrees with that basic premise. […] Read More
Public Safety News
West Hollywood Votes to Cut LASD Budget, Replace 4 Deputies with Unarmed Security Ambassadors
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — Re-imagining public safety is underway in West Hollywood after the city council voted 3 to 2 in favor of eliminating four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies over the next nine months. One deputy on average costs the city $330,000 a year. “Prioritizing people’s safety doesn’t just mean people with guns […] Read More
PPOA Joins Campaign to Recall DA George Gascón
At this week’s Board meeting (3/9/22), the PPOA Board of Directors committed to joining the campaign to recall LA County District Attorney George Gascón. Following a presentation by a principal of the campaign at the Board meeting on Wednesday, PPOA joined a rapidly growing list of organizations and law enforcement associations who support the recall, […] Read More
Inmate Pleads No Contest in Attack on Custody Assistant
MyNewsLA.com 3/1/22 A jail inmate who was charged last year with punching a female custody assistant five times in an attack captured on video surveillance has been sentenced to six years in state prison. Arnulfo Meza, 30, pleaded no contest Monday to a felony count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, […] Read More
New Court Proceedings Ordered for Man Convicted of Killing Off-Duty LASD Deputy
Long Beach Press Telegram 1/28/2022 https://www.presstelegram.com/2022/01/28/new-court-proceedings-ordered-for-man-convicted-of-off-duty-deputys-murder-in-long-beach/ A state appeals court panel ordered new court proceedings Friday for one of two men convicted of the murder of an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in Long Beach nearly 16 years ago. The ruling by a panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed a trial […] Read More
Pico Rivera Station Helps Honor 9/11 Victims at ‘Field of Healing’
Daily Bulletin https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2021/09/08/2977-american-flags-blanket-rose-hills-in-whittier-one-for-each-9-11-victim/ Three days before the 20th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in unincorporated north Whittier honored the victims with the help of about 60 first responders. Sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and others placed 2,977 American […] Read More
BOS Vaccination Mandates
At the LA County Board of Supervisors’ (BOS) meeting on Tuesday (8/10/21), two items related to COVID-19 vaccination mandates were on the agenda. The first was the Executive Order mandating COVID-19 vaccines for all County employees, authored by the Board Chair, Supervisor Hilda Solis. The second was a motion authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn, also […] Read More
Driver Shot After Dragging LA County Deputy
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article253435864.html Sacramento Bee / August 12, 2021 A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a driver whose car dragged a deputy during a chase Wednesday, authorities said. The man died at the scene at around 12:15 p.m. at Interstate 5 in the unincorporated Gorman area northwest of Los Angeles, according to a Sheriff’s […] Read More
Thirty-seven U.S. Police Officers Murdered in First Five Months of 2021
NBCNews.com June 16, 2021, 10:24 AM PDT By Ken Dilanian WASHINGTON — With violent crime on the upswing across the nation, the number of police officers who have died violently in the line of duty is also spiking. FBI Director Christopher Wray highlighted the issue in an appearance Tuesday before the House Oversight Committee. Wray said a […] Read More
LA County Seeks Alternatives to Deputies on Campuses
MyNewsLA.COM: 6/8/21: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to collect more data on the effect of having sheriff’s deputies on local school campuses, even as some school districts pushed back against changes. On a 3-2 vote, the board also took back its authority to negotiate contracts for these services, rather than […] Read More