PPOA Board Members Attend 'House of Labor' Meeting
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January 24: PPOA Board Members Gerry Garcia and Jay Chapman participated in a "House of Labor" teleconference hosted by the LA County Federation of Labor. In addition to discussions about the many issues impacting PPOA members and fellow LA County employees, an oath of office was administered for Board Member Garcia. This officially makes the Sheriff's Security Officer a County Federation of Labor representative with voting rights. In addition, Board Member Chapman's name was "read into record" which means he is now scheduled to take the oath of office at the next monthly House of Labor meeting on February 28th.
The County Fed is comprised of more than 300 unions and labor organizations, representing more than 800,000 members.
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Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement Meeting |
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Collectively, SCALE represents 45 law enforcement associations and 80,000 peace officers in Southern California.
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PPOA Communications Committee Meeting |
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January 26: PPOA board and staff representatives, including President Tab Rhodes and Executive Director Quint, joined 911Media executives for a video conference to assess PPOA's communication with its membership. The PPOA Communications Committee is chaired by Vice President Nancy Escobedo.
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Sheriff Discusses Current Issues |
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January 26: Sheriff Villanueva hosted a Facebook live stream on Wednesday to discuss current issues, including the impact of COVID-19 on the Sheriff's Department, diversity among Department personnel, and more.
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California Coalition of Law Enforcement Associations Meeting |
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January 26: President Rhodes joined fellow members of the Coalition of Law Enforcement Associations (CCLEA) for a teleconference to discuss issues impacting public safety personnel locally and statewide.
CCLEA is the state's largest law enforcement organization, representing more than 40 police associations and 150,000 peace officers. For more information, visit CCLEA.ORG
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Sheriff Candidates Forum Hosted by PPOA & ALADS |
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January 26: PPOA and ALADS were proud to co-host a Sheriff Candidates Forum at the Pacific Palms Resort on Wednesday evening. The informative event brought together all seven candidates campaigning to be Sheriff of Los Angeles County and provided members of PPOA and ALADS with an opportunity to hear firsthand from each candidate about their experience, ideas and values. Members were also provided with a live stream link. The video is now available for members to watch at PPOA.COM. Photos from the event can be viewed by clicking here.
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PPOA Legal Team Meeting re: COVID-19 |
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January 27: PPOA representatives participated in the weekly teleconference to assess all COVID-19-related issues impacting members of this Association.
Meeting participants from PPOA included President Rhodes, Senior Labor Rep. Venise Wallace, Labor Rep. Teresa O'Neil, Intake Rep. Kevin Thompson and PPOA attorneys.
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Law Enforcement Technician Classification Study |
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January 27: As Law Enforcement Technicians (LETs) are aware, PPOA has been contractually meeting with the Sheriff’s Department regarding the ongoing LET classification study. On Thursday, PPOA board and staff members met with representatives from the Sheriff's Department, Personnel, Technology Support Division and Communications and Fleet Management Bureau to discuss the ongoing classification study. The teleconference was led by PPOA Board Member/LET Jim Blankenship and he was joined by President Rhodes.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Impasse Mediation |
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January 27: Representatives from PPOA and the Coalition of County Unions (CCU) took part in the fourth round of the formal process of impasse mediation with the County regarding the vaccination mandate. The initial round of mediation occurred on 11/16/21 and like that one, the meeting this week was overseen by two mediators assigned to help move this contentious process toward a resolution. This round of mediation concluded with the CCU preparing informational proposals pertaining to questions composed by members about the confusion caused by ongoing registration and testing directives from the County. PPOA was represented by Executive Director Quint and President Rhodes at the meeting.
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Sheriff Election Committee Meeting |
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January 27: PPOA Board Members and selected Delegates gathered for a video conference to continue the process of thoroughly evaluating the 2022 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s election. The meeting included a review of the January 26th Sheriff Candidates Forum co-hosted by PPOA and ALADS. The committee members also discussed the upcoming interviews with each candidate, scheduled to take place in the PPOA office during the first week of February.
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PPOA Delegates ZOOM Meeting |
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The upcoming PPOA Delegates meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 15th at 5:00PM. Out of an abundance of caution, this meeting will be a ZOOM video conference. All PPOA Delegates are encouraged to participate. To RSVP, delegates are asked to send an email with name and employee number to info@ppoa.com no later than February 5th.
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Fraternal Order of Police |
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PPOA appreciates our longtime affiliation with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the world's largest organization of law enforcement officers, with more than 364,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges nationwide. All active PPOA members are part of California FOP Lodge 1, which represents public safety organizations throughout LA County and operates under the capable leadership of former PPOA President Roger Mayberry. Click here to read the latest bi-weekly update from the California FOP.
Please make it a point to check out the Washington Watch — a weekly update provided by the National FOP. We encourage PPOA members to stay up to date on the legislative news and activity impacting public safety personnel nationwide.
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