Los Angeles Police Protective LeagueMore from Los Angeles Police Protective LeaguePatrolUnlicensed Drivers: A Public Safety MenaceThe LAPPL welcomes a new study by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which found suspended or revoked and unlicensed drivers are much more reckless on the road than validly licensed drivers.January 1, 2013CareersReckless Pension Reform In Los AngelesFormer Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has taken the first steps toward eliminating the current pension system for all future city employees, including LAPD officers, and replacing it with 401(k) plans.November 12, 2012PatrolCalifornia Legislature's U-Turn On Law and OrderThe California Constitution was amended in 1982 to bring evidence suppression limits in line with the U.S. Constitution. The present legislature has begun a concerted back door effort to undo the state's requirement to follow the federal exclusionary rule.June 12, 2012PatrolHigh Court Decision Backs Law EnforcementWhat do you call a federal court that changes facts to fit its argument and issues rulings so far outside established law that it's routinely chastised and reversed by a higher court? In California we know it as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.January 24, 2012PatrolCalifornia's Prison Realignment Plan Off To a Terrible StartState leaders might have seen an ideal budget fix in their new law allowing felons with prison terms of six years or less to be housed in local jails and then supervised by local law enforcement agencies, but the past few days have already given us two examples of just how terribly bad this idea will turn out.January 9, 2012PatrolOnion Field Cop Killer: Coming Together for JusticeThe members of the Los Angeles Police Protective League are extremely gratified that the California Board of Parole hearings recommended against granting a compassionate release from prison to Gregory Powell, the infamous "Onion Field" cop killer.October 24, 2011PatrolOnion Field Cop Killer: No 'Compassionate' ReleaseGregory Powell wants another chance at getting out of prison. He has cancer, and believes that fact should justify a "compassionate release." Never mind that he showed Ian Campbell absolutely no mercy and tried to murder Campbell's partner Karl Hettinger that same night in that same onion field.October 7, 2011TechnologySickening "Dog Wars" Game MuzzledWhen the media started calling for the LAPPL's comment on a new Android video game app, we took one look at the content and decided to take the gloves off. The game in question was the sickening "Dog Wars," which lets players raise and train their virtual dogs to fight.April 27, 2011GangsLos Angeles Times Story Threatens Safety of Key WitnessUnderstandably, witnesses often have deep fears of retaliation by other gang members. That didn't dissuade Times Staff Writer Victoria Kim from exercising extremely poor judgment in reporting the names of witnesses who testified at the trial.October 3, 2010Previous PagePage 3 of 3
