Los Angeles, CA. According to Hank Hernandez, chief legal counsel of the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL), the City of Los Angeles entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the police union four years ago. And now the City is attempting to change the agreement that was negotiated in good faith. Hernandez says the Police Commission's vote to require gang and narcotic officers to disclose their personal finances is "unacceptable."
The FULL DISCLOSURE NETWORK® presents an exclusive eleven minute Video News Blog featuring Hernandez, a former LAPD Lt. who has served for over 20 years as the legal counsel to the Los Angeles police union. He describes the Federal Consent Decree as the reason the Police Commission voted to require financial disclosure. Among the disclosure requirements for gang and narcotic officers, to be implemented within ten days of the vote are:
- List of assets, investments and liabilities, even if jointly owned.
- Proof of bank accounts and mortgages with statements.
- Individual financial disclosures to be reviewed and questioned.
- Positions could be denied based upon the review.
Hernandez also describes how the LAPPL is advising the officers whether or not to comply and suggests the perils when an employer requires employees to turn over their personal information.
Viewers are asked to participate in an online opinion survey and to post their comments for discussion. Here are the survey questions:
- Elected officials don't have personal financial disclosure requirements. Should police officers?
- Do you think the financial disclosure requirement will deter quality officers from working gang or narcotics units?
- Or do you think the Federal Consent Decree has gone too far?
Known as "the news behind the news" Full Disclosure Network® cable television programs are featured on 45 cable systems and the Internet since 1992 and produced by host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series "L. A.'s War Against Terrorism" was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website at www.fulldisclosure.net.
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joebanana So. Cal.
Posted: 07:26 am [PST] on September 18 2009
A lot of the problem is, when we elect a senator, let's say, we get a senator, his chief of staff, public affairs department, travel agent, staff, and 30 other people, that get paid over $100,000/yr. Plus all their travel expences, for them, their family's, their friends, the press, their staff. And we get to pay for their stretch limo, and driver, their private plane, and pilot. Dinner at the finest and most expensive restrurants, for them, their family's, their staff, their dog, and their friends. And if their newly elected, we get to pay for the complete remodel of their office, including the cherrywood desk, the picture frame paneling, the $8,000 leather chair, the finest carpeting money can buy(our money).Then we have congress. How many of you get a 7 month vacation? So, in the long run, one senator costs probably $300, $400 million a year to support, and for what they do for us, what a deal?
Bob Brea
Posted: 12:23 am [PST] on August 12 2009
Thanks for such nice information. we are waiting for stable economy. i have filed bankruptcy from DIY4LAW.COM, online service and waiting for results.
Mike LA
Posted: 09:13 pm [PST] on July 14 2009
If people were more careful who they voted for, we would not have such mediocre people in government.
People get the government they deserve.
Fred Sottile Los Angeles
Posted: 11:34 am [PST] on July 14 2009
The financial problems in California are easy to understand and remedy. We simply don't have the leadership to do the obvious. Our politicians and judiciary are corrupt to the core. We simply need responsible leadership. We can no longer have Republicans and Democrats in office. They have betrayed us. California needs to be run by completely independent officials who make their decisions based on the best interest of the state and not the best interest of special interest groups who financed their campaign. Campaign finance is the root of the problem. Our prison population is too large. Our welfare population is too large. Our bureaucracies are too large. Our schools and hospitals are over-run by people who should be denied admittance. These are all businesses that are a drain on public funds. They are intentionally bloated. California has set itself up to attract these people so that they can be exploited by special interest groups. What other explanation could there be. These special interest groups benefitting from these financial liability based, unaccountable businesses represent huge blocks of voters. Now these corrupt businesses such as “Child Protective Services,” who were conceived as beneficial but have become severe liabilities, must be examined, dismantled and strictly reformed. The Domestic Violence industry is literally built on ninety percent fraud. The divorce industry is another fraud and abuse based business, all three by the way, preying on children. The answers are obvious. The willingness to initiate them simply does not exist. Just look at Karen Bass and all those other creeps in Sacramento turning like vampires on the tax payers of California. Call the exorcist. In other words, recall the existing failures, run an independent candidate, tell him what you expect, vote him in and tell him to get to work.
Jeff Playa del Rey
Posted: 11:13 am [PST] on July 14 2009
God willing I will close escrow on my house next Friday and be out of this shithole state. The libs in Sacramento, downtown LA and Obama are going to do more damage than any earthquake could ever do!