LAPD officers ratify new two-year contract, union says

Officers in the Los Angeles Police Department have voted to ratify a new two-year contract, the police union said today.

The agreement keeps the city from forcing officers to take furloughs in the middle of a severe budget crisis but also provides no raises, city officials said.

The contract received support from 87% of those who participated in the ratification process, according to a statement from the Police Protective League, which represents nearly 10,000 police officers.

The pact must still go before the City Council for a final vote. The agreement seeks to reduce the LAPD’s overtime costs by $45 million this year and $70 million next year, according to a report obtained by The Times.

The contract also aims to cut the amount spent on foreign-language bonuses for police and
reduce the pay offered to newly hired officers, the report says.


-- David Zahniser

Comments

[Eric]

I wonder how much of a paycut new recruits will take..?

[TruthTeller]

"The agreement keeps the city from forcing officers to take furloughs in the middle of a severe budget crisis but also provides no raises, city officials said."

Yeah right, Wanna buy a bridge?

There is a provision in the contract that gives LAPD management the ability to unilaterally have any officer not work their scheduled shift in lieu of payment of banked overtime hours.

To illustrate:
Officer Brown works overtime during the funeral of tha latest celebrity to die. Rather than pay Officer Brown, LAPD management banks (keeps track of) the overtime hours When Officer Brown has enough banked hours on the books to over an entire shift, management tells him do not come to work tomorrow. You will keep your regular salary but your overtime hours will "pay" for your extra day off.

1 less cop on the sreets for the day

Hey LA Times how about coming down out of your building and getting a copy of the pending MOU and then explaining it to the public. Afterall isn't it only FOX News that spreads propaganda.

[uclabruin]

pay will be about $48,000 while in the academy...

[Maria]

This gives the impression that 87% of the nearly 10,000 members voted in support of this contract. In actuality less than half of the members voted, approximately 4000.

[Xtian]

The Sheriff dept is killing all kinds of overtime too. They have been running this overtime scam for years. they all drive hummers and stuff!

[BIG PERM]

Lets talk numbers. For all of LAPD there is roughly 10,000 officers. Roughly 40 percent work patrol or out in a police car.... Using the 10,000 number, that means there is one cop for about 400 residents of LA. The LAPD's budget is only about 27 % of the city's expenditures. Other large cities (New York, Chicago, Houston) have about 1 cop per 200 residents. Other cities devote approximately 40 % of their city's budget to public safety. LA residents are safer than in the cities previously listed. SO QUIT YOUR WHINING AND CRYING YOU BUNCH OF LIBERAL HIPPIES.

[Mike]

TruthTeller,
What if you dont want to bank them, and just get payed on the next check, is that possible? Or do you need to bank a certain amount of hours first?