PPOA Week in Review: Nov. 5, 2022

Unit 614 Members Overwhelmingly Approve New Salary Contract

October 31: PPOA members in Unit 614 voted decisively to ratify a new 3-year salary contract with Los Angeles County. The official ballot count was conducted in the PPOA conference center on Monday. Results are as follows:

VOTES TOTAL (PERCENTAGE)

“YES” 87 (97.75%)

“NO” 2 (2.25%)

Invalid 0

We are grateful to PPOA members Cynthia Murphy and Christine Rosborough for volunteering to count and confirm the ballots.

COVID-19 Legal Meeting

November 1: PPOA's weekly teleconference was hosted on Tuesday to assess the continued impact of COVID-19 on our membership. Meeting participants included President Nancy Escobedo, Executive Director Wayne Quint Jr., Senior Labor Rep. Venise Wallace, Labor Rep. Teresa O'Neil, Intake Rep. Kevin Thompson and PPOA legal counsel.

Click here for Los Angeles County daily COVID-19 data.

Unit 631/632 Contract Negotiations

November 2: Members of the Unit 631/632 contract negotiations team met in the PPOA board room to strategize for the next round of bargaining with County executives.

This PPOA bargaining unit is composed of Coroner Investigators and Supervising Coroner Investigators.

Sheriff Villanueva Discusses Current Topics

November 2: Sheriff Villanueva hosted a livestream on LASD social media channels to discuss a number of current issues, including juvenile recidivism rates based on the policies of D.A. Gascón, the Attorney General's intervention into the "Peace Over Violence" investigation, the timing of five recent lawsuits against the Sheriff's Department and more.

Click here to watch the video.

Celebration of Life for Captain Eduardo A. Hernandez

November 3: Family, friends and colleagues of Captain Eduardo "Eddie" Hernandez gathered in Whittier to honor the legacy of the 34-year LASD veteran. President Escobedo attended the service on behalf of PPOA.

Captain Hernandez was assigned to Court Services Transportation Bureau when he passed on October 9, 2022 following complications from heart surgery.

Cancer Presumption Strengthened for Peace Officers in California

This week, PPOA received the following update from our longtime Workers' Compensation attorney Robert Sherwin of Lewis, Marenstein, Wicke, Sherwin & Lee:

Governor Newsom recently signed into law legislation which significantly strengthens the cancer presumption for peace officers. As most of you know, cancer is presumed industrial for peace officers provided they meet necessary criteria set forth in the Labor Code. If a peace officer is diagnosed with cancer and the primary site of the cancer is identified, the cancer is presumed to be job related if the cancer develops or manifests itself during the time the peace officer is employed or up to ten (10) years from the last day of work. Click here to continue reading...

PPOA Members — End of Watch Tribute

We extend our sincere condolences to the family members and friends of the following PPOA members who passed in late July, August and September 2022:

Retired Chief Raymond Holt – 7/28/22

LASD ret. 1976

US Navy veteran

Condolences may be emailed to the Holt family: summerbrookfarm@yahoo.com

Retired Sergeant Raymond Grey – 8/23/22

LASD ret. 1982

US Marine Corps veteran

Condolences may be emailed to the Grey family: lmazzeo@me.com

Retired Sergeant John Spiller – 8/26/22

LASD ret. 1988

US Air Force veteran

Retired Sergeant Raymond Marlett – 9/15/22

LASD ret. 1996

US Air Force veteran

Condolences may be emailed to the Marlett family: susanmarlett@sbcglobal.net

Retired Lieutenant Arnulfo Verdugo – 9/21/22

LASD ret. 1988

US Navy veteran

Condolences may be emailed to the Verdugo family: frankverdugo605@yahoo.com

Retired Sergeant Ervin Forsstrom Jr. – 9/28/22

LASD ret. 1991

US Army veteran

Condolences may be emailed to the Forsstrom family: cliftusf@gmail.com

2022 General Election - PPOA Voting Guide

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Fraternal Order of Police News Update

PPOA members have long benefitted from 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.

An important note regarding FOP membership for retired PPOA members: Once a sworn PPOA member retires, and he/she wishes to reactivate their FOP member/benefits, the following steps must be taken:

To reactivate your membership as a retired peace officer, you will need to pay FOP annual dues of $40 for 2022. The link below is available to pay online should you wish to expedite the process. If by check, the mailing address is:

LA County FOP Lodge 1

P.O. Box 6919

Buena Park, CA 90622-6919

Credit card link below:

FOP Los Angeles County Lodge 1 (unionly.io)

Please make it a point to check out 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.

Click here to read this week's Washington Watch.

A Fun Night for a Noble Cause

Boxes of Hand Sanitizers Available to PPOA Members

A local warehouse has donated pallets of hand sanitizers to PPOA for distribution to members. If you would like to pick up a box (24 bottles in each), please send an email to rescalante@ppoa.com. Use subject line "sanitizers" and include your full name and phone number.