Star & Shield is the official publication of the Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association (PPOA).
January 2025
2025: A Year of Exponential Growth and Unprecedented Breakthroughs
Our mission at PPOA highlights a “Tradition of Success,” which includes our entire membership and, by association, the Department as a whole. PPOA will not budge on its proud heritage of fighting for and defending our members’ individual and collective rights. We execute this through procedures established by law regarding civil service rules, labor rights and employee relations regulations. Read More
Historic Social Security Fairness Act Goes to President’s Desk
Happy new year! Hopefully, each of you has had a chance to peruse PPOA’s 2024 Annual Report, and especially PPOA President Steve Johnson’s message, which succinctly details our Association’s commitment to continuing a “Tradition of Success” for our active and retired members. Specifically, Steve rightfully acknowledges the Fraternal Order of Police’s (FOP) “remarkable progress” regarding the recent passage of H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. Read More
Refreshing Positivity
It’s so refreshing to turn on the local news and see our Department being portrayed in super positive ways. It’s even more refreshing when we see a Department leader showing cool, calm leadership qualities. We expect it and see it constantly when Sheriff Luna appears in the middle of a crisis and his thoughtful demeanor rises through the uncontrollable news events surrounding him. Read More
Hello, Partners, and Happy New Year
As we enter 2025, I have confidence in great things, changes and opportunities for us. At a local level, the citizens of Los Angeles County have raised their voices and told the ousted former District Attorney George Gascón that his social experiment was a complete failure that changed our once-safe communities to a crime-ridden cesspool where criminals had free range to terrorize citizens. Read More