PPOA Week in Review - Feb. 17, 2024

Fraternal Order of Police Meeting Hosted at PPOA

February 10: The first quarterly meeting of 2024 for the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Los Angeles County Lodge 1 was hosted in the PPOA conference center. Discussions at the meeting were centered on federal legislation, member benefits and the California State FOP convention set to take place in San Diego next month. PPOA representatives in attendance included President Steve Johnson, Board Members Walter Arcos, Roel Garcia, and Luis Orozco, as well as Executive Director Wayne Quint Jr., and Intake Representative Kevin Thompson.

All active PPOA members are California State FOP Lodge 1 members — this provides PPOA members with workplace legal protections through the FOP Legal Defense Plan. The LA County Lodge is one of more than 30 lodges in the statewide organization.

Meeting with PPOA Members at Sergeant Supervisory School

February 12: PPOA representatives met with 35 LASD Sergeants during their first day of Supervisory School at STARS Center to answer questions and discuss their crucial roles on the Department. Participants from PPOA included President Steve Johnson, Executive Director Wayne Quint Jr., Labor Representative Dave Ladjevic, and staff.

Meet and Confer with County re: Civil Service Rules

February 12-13: PPOA representatives joined fellow members of the Coalition of County Unions (CCU) for two consecutive days of meetings with County of Los Angeles executives regarding proposed upcoming changes to the Civil Service Rules. The meetings marked the beginning of the meet and confer process with the County regarding this issue. The next meeting is scheduled for February 26, 2024. PPOA President Steve Johnson and Executive Director Wayne Quint Jr. attended each of the meetings.

Meeting re: Privacy Rights for Crime Analysts

February 12: PPOA Unit 621 Director Joe Walker and union legal counsel convened a Zoom call regarding the privacy rights of Crime Analysts as they apply to the California Public Records Act (CPRA) request of their personal information. PPOA made a request to meet and confer on the requirements for an exemption for the Crime Analyst classification.

PPOA Board of Directors Meeting

February 14: The monthly PPOA Board of Directors meeting was hosted in San Dimas on Wednesday. Directors in attendance included President Steve Johnson, 2nd Vice President Tony Coleman, Secretary Christopher Lee, Treasurer Joyce Kato, and Board Members Walter Arcos, Roel Garcia, Luis Orozco, Jim Schallert, and Joe Walker.

Please note that the PPOA Board of Directors meeting in April has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 16, 2024 due to a schedule conflict on the original meeting date.

Stay Informed:

Check Out New Issue of Star & Shield Magazine

The February/March 2024 issue of Star & Shield magazine is online and has hit mailboxes this week. Inside, you'll find information about station jailers, new sergeants, security officers, concealed carry law changes and more.

Click here to read the February/March issue.

Fraternal Order of Police News Update

PPOA members have long benefitted from our affiliation with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the world's largest organization of law enforcement officers, with more than 368,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges nationwide. All active PPOA members are part of California FOP Lodge 1.

Important news regarding FOP membership for retired PPOA members: When a sworn PPOA member retires and wishes to reactivate his/her FOP member benefits, the following step must be taken: To reactivate your membership as a retired peace officer, you will need to pay FOP annual dues of $40 for 2024. To do so, please send an email to the FOP Lodge 1 Secretary at wmwestermann@sbcglobal.net

Please make it a point to check out Washington Watch — a weekly news 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.

C lick here to read this week's Washington Watch.