L.A.P.D. Union Warns Citizens
- The Los Angeles Police Protective League – the labor union for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) – warned residents that they’d better “be able to protect themselves,” because of long police response times resulting from being understaffed.
According to the Police Protective League President Jamie McBride, in the West LA division on Thursday morning, there were only three patrol cars covering 65 square miles and 200,000 residents. He thinks there should be at least seven, two-man units patrolling the area.
In an interview with the local CBS affiliate, Bride told reporter Randy Paige, “The citizens need to know they need to be able to protect themselves because if they call 911, we can’t guarantee we’re going to get there in time to help you. West Los Angeles, at the minimum, should have seven patrol units, two-man units working.”
Sounds very familiar, doesn't it?
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posted by SCC at 12:11 AM
37 Comments:
Great statement from their union . Wish the LA officers safe tours . I gave up on waiting for my union to make any strong statements .
To those who think government can protect you, good luck!!
California has very strict gun laws and they are getting tougher. In the absence of a firearm, a golf club makes a serviceable self defense tool.
The citizens of LA are getting the police that they have been told by the LEFTISTS they deserve. The LEFTIST agenda of less police or defanged police has consequences and little to no police protection is one of them.
Well, at least they are telling people to arm themselves.
I woke up to this whirring sound this morning. I thought the sump pump had gotten stuck. Now I realize it is Jack Webb spinning in his grave.
On Their Own!
And just what can they do? The Sheriff does not think the people in LA should be allowed to carry concealed.
What doesn't sound familiar is a police union preside actually speaking out and warning citizens to protect themselves. Hey Deano, this REAL,PRESIDENT doesn't have a PhD & is able to,fulfill,his,duties. At the very least you could go to LA,and find out how,the,big boys do their job. While you are there - buy yourself a set of Mickey Mouse ears to wear at the next FLOP meeting, asshat.
Doesn't that sound familiar.
Start screening calls. All calls civil in nature or not in-progress shift right to callback. Start punishing those who throw in "Has a Gun" when there's not.
Hey, what about tourists and the tourism industry? will LA visitors be packing heat around town, the beach, and Hollywood and Vine? Call 911 and get ready to shoot if necessary?
Kind of off-topic, but maybe not. Here is a link to an article written by some municipal attorneys regarding the recent IL Supreme Court Decision - might want to share it with other PO's.
https://www.hklaw.com/Publications/Illinois-Supreme-Court-Abolishes-Long-Standing-Public-Duty-Rule-01-29-2016/
Not only a danger to the citizens but danger to officers waiting for backup.
Shame on them!
Citizen here - I feel the Chicago Police Union should be quoted and work much harder on EVERY CPD story, from labor issues, to police shootings, to general crime stories. They need to come up with a script and stick to it for years at every chance they get. Get in reporters faces. Post their take here for that matter. They are way to quiet, and the discourse is being dominated by others.
That sounds familiar. I live in the 16th district in dunning and there have been a rash of armed robberies in this area lately. Meanwhile.... all our police officers have been transferred to the south and west sides in order to quell violence over there. What about our neighborhoods rahm? Why do we have to let our neighborhoods go the to the wayside?
At least their union has the balls to say it.
Polk County Florida Sheriff Grady Judd said it best:
"Better to Have a Gun in Your Hand than a Cop on the Phone!"
The full statement Sheriff Judd followed a home invasion during with the homeowner shot and killed the home invader:
"If you are foolish enough to break into someone’s home, you can expect to be shot in Polk County,” Judd said in a statement. “It’s more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone.”
Amen Sheriff Judd, Amen.
To Arms! To Arms ! The ________ are coming !! (You fill in the blank) This will be the call to every major city in the u.s.
Heard new stuff coming up soon. No more processing Shoplifters for anything under $25. Will be just an ANOV. Robberies in which less than $100 was taken will be classified as thefts.
But you don't need guns in Californiastan because it's so safe.... right? Right? So by extension, you don't need cops either. Right?
Man I hate libtards... Boxer. Feinstein... Gov Moonbeam... mentally retarded morons - the whole lot of them.
While the LA Police Protective League is telling the citizens to arm themselves as they pretty much are on their own, the State of Commiefornia has made that process extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Screwed both ways.
This is why I am never NOT armed, regardless of local laws. :-)
Anonymous said...
Hey, what about tourists and the tourism industry? will LA visitors be packing heat around town, the beach, and Hollywood and Vine? Call 911 and get ready to shoot if necessary?
2/02/2016 07:23:00 AM
Who the hell wants to go to LA ? Not me.
Who got the payoff? Behind Tribunes paywall:
Charges dropped in huge pot bust after judge quashes cop search of truck
Three men who were allegedly caught with more than a ton of pot saw the charges against them dropped after a Cook County judge ruled that police did not have enough probable cause to search their truck.
Prosecutors dropped charges of possession of cannabis with intent to deliver against the men — two from Chicago and one from South Bend — who were arrested in August after authorities said 2,300 pounds of marijuana worth about $6 million was seized from a truck the men were loading at a Des Plaines-area warehouse.
The move to halt the case came Thursday after Judge Bridget Hughes had earlier quashed the men's arrests, ruling that police violated search and seizure standards.
Officers from the Illinois State Police narcotics unit had been watching the men before conducting a search without a warrant and, defense attorneys argued, without having seen or detected any contraband.
"The police didn't have a warrant or a definable reason to stop them," said Ralph Meczyk, a defense attorney in the case. "The officers had a hunch and they said it was a consensual search, but the judge didn't believe them."
In court, Meczyk argued that the officers' reports of the arrest were inconsistent and changed during testimony in pretrial hearings.
Prosecutors said the officers acted on an anonymous tip and were justified in making the arrests. But Hughes sided with the defense, saying the officers did not have a reasonable cause to detain or search the men at the warehouse.
The men — Fabian Ochoa, 38, of the 5600 block of south Kolmar Avenue in Chicago; Jose Miguel Espinoza, 24, of the 8500 block of south Houston Avenue in Chicago; and Rafael Martinez, 38, of the 500 block of south Kaley Street in South Bend — were out of jail on bond when the charges were dropped. Before they were freed, that had to prove the funds they posted for bail — $35,000 cash each — were not proceeds from illegal drug transactions, Meczyk said. All three were gainfully employed, and one cashed in a 401(k) account to post bail, he said.
The state does not intend to pursue the case further, said Steve Campbell, a spokesman for the state's attorney's office.
The marijuana will be destroyed by incineration after a court order is issued, said Master Sgt. Matt Boerwinkle, a spokesman for Illinois State Police. .
Our union is a failure, our current regime is weak and lacks leadership just like the department. I am waiting for a real leader to run against Dean. In general membership had no expectations of our union, which is sad.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
That sounds familiar. I live in the 16th district in dunning and there have been a rash of armed robberies in this area lately. Meanwhile.... all our police officers have been transferred to the south and west sides in order to quell violence over there. What about our neighborhoods rahm? Why do we have to let our neighborhoods go the to the wayside?
2/02/2016 08:32:00 AM
Rahm does not care about you.
He will only care about you in two and a half years, when he is facing another election.
Meanwhile, fill your own potholes, police your own alleys, buy earplugs to drown out the jet noise and start exploring suburbs to move to.
Oh yeah, this is the new policeing model of the 21st century, dontchaknow...But the shit heads will continue to raise your taxes. Pay more for less.
Used to live out there. This is nothing new. Long response times are the norm. You can go days without even seeing a marked unit on the street.
Now this is scary, our union should do the same,encourage taxpayers to get concealed carry immediately, the wild west is here the saying "history repeats itself" is really prevalent today!
Difference Being, LAPD is a cutting edge Department with competent leadership, not some clouted up joke that thinks training is watching a 3 minute video.
This is pretty much dejavu for Chicago.
Where is FOP
Districts like 16 on the northside
4,8,and 22 on the southside are under staffed
When seconds count the police are minutes away...
The Illinois State Police granted far fewer concealed carry permits in 2015 than in 2014.
About 55,500 permits were granted statewide during 2015, according to numbers released by the agency. That's compared to about 95,500 in 2014, the first year of the program.
But while the numbers are down, the number of objections to applications made by law enforcement more than doubled.
Police departments, sheriff departments and state's attorneys raised objections to nearly 11,000 applications in 2015, compared to almost 4,000 in 2014.
A law enforcement agency must have reasonable suspicion that there's a danger to the applicant or others in order to object to a concealed carry permit application.
Roughly 8,800 objections were lodged last year in Cook County.
Associated Press
So much for you Armed Citzenry sweeping the Nation.
The same warnings should be given here.... mainly in the "quieter" districts. The "quieter" districts have been stripped dangerously thin of resources. Those stripped resources were then reallocated to ghetto districts.... you know the ones that the "community" inhabit.
Because he has his house protected by a detail of Chicago police officers,that's why!
So much for you Armed Citzenry sweeping the Nation.
2/02/2016 08:00:00 PM
So much for the attempt by government control freaks to con the citizenry into believing they need a permit to exercise their right to bear arms, their right to self defense, by the most effective means possible, and their right to liberty, as in, freedom from control freaks imposing retarded restrictions upon their rights.
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