PPOA Week in Review: September 12, 2020

PPOA Board of Directors Meeting

September 9: The monthly PPOA Board of Directors meeting took place on Wednesday. Directors participating included: President Tab Rhodes, Vice President Jim Blankenship, Secretary Tony Coleman, Treasurer Robert Maus and Directors Jody Clounch, Joyce Kato, Chris Lee, Carlos Marquez, Tony Romo, Jim Schallert and Ryan Vienna. Collectively, the PPOA board brings nearly 300 years of county experience to the table.

Honored to Support Dedicated PPOA Members

September 9: PPOA was honored to deliver sanitizer, face masks and energy drinks to a dozen different units on Wednesday in order to help support members. We are grateful to PPOA members for their dedicated service and to PPOA staff members Rico Escalante and Noel Cabrera for handling the distribution.

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Providing Support for Custody Assistants

September 10: PPOA Executive Board Member/Custody Assistant Tony Coleman was at Men's Central Jail on Thursday to support fellow CAs while they were interviewed by Cal/OSHA. These interviews were conducted regarding COVID-19 concerns as well as general health and safety protocols for Custody Assistants.

COVID-19 Conference with PPOA Legal Team

Sept 10: On Thursday, PPOA hosted its weekly legal meeting in order for President Rhodes, Executive Director Wayne Quint Jr., Senior Labor Rep. Venise Wallace, Labor Rep. Teresa O'Neil, Intake Representative Kevin Thompson and PPOA attorneys to address and analyze COVID-19 issues impacting PPOA members.

LASD Sergeant/Lieutenant Promotional Grievance Update

September 10: PPOA Attorney Jim Cunningham hosted the fifth weekly teleconference on Thursday to update 98 recently-promoted Sergeants and 29 recently-promoted Lieutenants regarding ongoing administrative and legal efforts to ensure they receive proper compensation and back pay.

Click here to read the detailed update.

9/11:

We Will Never Forget

September 11: On this date 19 years ago, our nation endured unspeakable acts of terrorism that claimed the lives of 2,997 Americans. We will always remember the fallen and honor the bravery of 343 firefighters, 60 peace officers and countless civilians who died while courageously charging in to save others on that fateful day.

California Fraternal Order of Police

September 11: Click here to read the latest weekly news update from the California Fraternal Order of Police (CAFOP).

The CAFOP represents 30 lodges with 17,000 members throughout the state.

NO on Measure J:

Protect Essential Workers

The No on Measure J — Protect Essential Workers coalition is a group of more than 800,000 workers who provide essential services throughout Los Angeles County. These include firefighters, medics, 911 operators, nurses, social workers, public safety personnel, educators, and more. The No-on-Measure-J coalition actively support efforts to fix racial and gender inequity. In fact, the coalition leadership reflects the broad diversity of the members of our organizations. We all want more people in Los Angeles to succeed, but Measure J will harm the very people it purports to help. In fact, it permanently diverts nearly $500,000,000.00 away from essential county services. Please be sure to tell all L.A. County residents you know to vote NO on Measure in November.

Click here for more info and please add your name to the online form at the bottom of the web page in order to stay up to date on the latest news regarding this dangerous measure.

Winners Announced for Week 2 of PPOA App Contest!

The new, REWARDING opportunity for active PPOA members who have downloaded our mobile app has entered week two! Dozens of members who were randomly selected last week have been contacting PPOA to claim their cash prizes and gift cards. Now it's time to announce more winners!

This contest is our way of showing appreciation to PPOA members in lieu of our annual Labor Day BBQ, which was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. The good news is that winning is EASY in this month-long contest! All active, full-dues paying members in Units 611/612/614/621/631/632 who have downloaded the PPOA mobile app and registered as a member will be eligible for cash prizes up to $1,000 and gift cards up to $100 every week during the month of September. If you have already downloaded the PPOA app, you are automatically entered.

If you have not yet downloaded the app, click here to download it now and you'll be eligible to win a prize starting next week!

Winners are announced each week and a limit of one prize per member will be in effect. Don't wait: download the app now and register today!

Click here to download the PPOA app for iPhone and Android.

CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF WINNERS

FROM WEEK TWO!

PPOA General Membership Zoom Meeting

Thursday, September 17, 2020 / 7:00 p.m.

Meeting will be conducted via Zoom video conference. All full dues-paying PPOA members are invited. RSVP to info@ppoa.com to receive email with meeting invitation link.