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For years, police personnel files in California and other states have been tightly protected under state laws making it nearly impossible for the public or another police department to uncover a police officer’s disciplinary record.
California lawmakers are attempting to pass legislation that would decertify police officers disciplined for serious misconduct so they cannot get rehired by another agency. Similar legislation failed to pass last year.
“We re only focused on officers that have been terminated, resigned due to misconduct so they can t go to another department. We think that agencies across the country need to know who they are. They need to know where they came from and to give them an opportunity to not rehire them,” said Southers, a former police officer and FBI agent.
Women in law enforcement reflect on Busting the Brass Ceiling
FOX 11 spoke with women in law enforcement as they reflect on Breaking the Brass Ceiling.
LOS ANGELES - Assistant Chief Alma Burke is the first Latina Assistant Police Chief at USC.
She first spent 24 in the LAPD. Her success, and that of high-ranking women in law enforcement, may in part be credited to landmark legal action by a female officer who joined the LAPD in 1948. As women couldn t promote past Sergeant, Fanchon Blake took a discrimination case all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
The story of Blake is the subject of a new book titled: Busting The Brass Ceiling: How a heroic female cop changed the face of policing. Linden Gross co-authored the book with Blake who passed away and is part of a panel on women in policing being held Saturday, May 15. It would have been Blake s 100th birthday.
Local Groups Unite to Offer Violence Prevention Strategies
Kellie Dillon expresses support for the violence prevention collective. (Karim Saafir photo)
A consortium of local and regional violence prevention leaders recently united to offer proven violence prevention strategies to residents of impacted neighborhoods throughout greater Los Angeles.
The organizations, connected by their advocacy for criminal justice reform, held a press conference on April 21, to announce their intention to form the Southern California/L.A. Peacekeepers Collaborative (SCLAPC).
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Dr. Aquil Basheer, executive director of the Brotherhood Unified for Independent Leadership Through Discipline program (BUILD), founded SCLAPC to share knowledge and lessons learned from decades of working on inner-city streets to mitigate disagreements among individuals and groups.