Notes from the October 30, 2024 Police Commission Weekly Meeting

•    Chief Bratton thanked the Police Commission for his reappointment, and for the vote of confidence the Commissioners have given him.

•    Current and new recruit classes at the Academy consist of at least 60 cadets.  Previous classes this year have had a maximum of 50.

•    Chief Bratton asked for the support of the Police Commission in an upcoming overtime presentation to be made before the Budget Finance Committee at City Hall.  He stated the Department is indeed managing overtime, and that overtime is a reality in our Department and in our line of work.

•    Next week Chief Bratton will be in Washington, D.C. for two days.  While he is there he will receive the Governing Magazine Leadership Award.  Only one other Chief of Police has received this award.

•    Commissioner Skobin provided an update on meetings with various City department officials regarding preventative maintenance of existing Astro radios and acquisition of new Astro radios for Department personnel.  This is critical for both officer safety and service to the public.  The acquisition of new Astro radios for all officers is a high priority for the entire Police Commission.

•    The Executive Director announced the contract for in-car video cameras, which is currently being appealed by another vendor, will be on the November 20th Police Commission weekly meeting agenda.  By this time the appeal will have taken place.

•    The Inspector General announced that his office’s analysis of the new protocol used in the
Professional Standards Bureau’s Racial Profiling investigations will be presented at the November 20th Police Commission weekly meeting. 

•    The Police Commission presented certificates of appreciation to April Kuan, Eric Olander, Jannelle So, Tracy Bui, Brian Reed, Peter Mathes, Kelly Che, Alice Lee, Joyce Shimazu and Harry Chang of television station LA 18 to acknowledge the launch the Department’s Asian language Asian-Pacific Island media campaign, the first of its kind in the history of the Department. 

•    The verbal presentation and discussion from the Department, relative to the status of personnel investigations of officers involved in the MacArthur Park incident and given by Deputy Chief Mark Perez, was accepted.  The Commission requested a further update and status report be made in the coming weeks. 

•    The Department’s report and discussion with affected employee organizations, relative to the Hunter-La Lay Consent Decree Annual Report for the Fiscal Year 2006/2007 and given by Captain Kevin McClure and Police Administrator Gerald Chaleff, was accepted.

Comments

[Jim Reed]

The issue of ASTRO radios has finally been brought to the attention of the full Commission by Commissioner Skobin. Unfortunately, it was discussion only. What will it cost the City of Los Angeles to buy new radios. Lets assume they purchase 8,000 at $3,500.00 each. That is $28,000,000.00. While it apprears to be a lot of money, amortize this over 10 years and it is only $2,800,000 per year.

This is a small cost for officer safety and public safety. How can the City over look this item of safety?

The Police Commission should pass a resolution demanding that the City of Los Angeles immediately go to the bidding process and get the ball rolling to purchase these radios.

[hector]

I wonder what Chief Bratton's critics think of Bratton when compared to Sheriff Carona who is now facing a 10-count federal indictment. Bratton is not a corrupt politician like Sheriff Carona is. Chief Bratton has the respect of most people in the Los Angeles community.

[Trial not over]

Well, Hector, Carona's trial isn't over. It hasn't even started. At Carona's arraignment, prosecutors sought to take away his gun and badge. The judge said "No. That will not be necessary." Carona is still on-duty and is
still sheriff.

I wonder what Tony Villar's supporters think
of him? Street punk Tony lied to his wife.
He lied to the one person he's closest to. Don't you think he'd lie to millions of people he's not close to?

He ought to dump the Raigosa off his name- that came from his ex-wife. Tony's maiden
name is Villar.