Notes from the January 22, 2025 Police Commission Meeting

•    The Department will not set a crime reduction goal for 2008 until after the vote on Proposition S, at which time the Department’s budget for the next fiscal year can be determined.

•    In Part I crime categories, Homicides are up 53% over last year at this time due in large part to 8 homicides in Central Bureau in the past week.

•    Chief Bratton announced the retirement of Deputy Chief Gary Brennan, the reassignments of Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to Chief of Detectives and Deputy Chief Kenneth Garner to Commanding Officer, Operations-South Bureau, and the promotion of Commander Terry Hara to Deputy Chief and Commanding Officer, Operations-West Bureau.  Over the coming months, Chief Bratton will announce a restructuring of the Department’s organizational chart and more promotions.

•    The future agenda item pertaining to in-car digital video cameras is still in the Mayor’s office.  This agenda item will be updated weekly.

•    The Department’s proposed Financial Disclosure program and draft Special Order, in accordance with paragraph 132 of the Federal Consent Decree, is currently being reviewed by the Public Safety Committee and is tentatively scheduled to be heard by the full City Council on January 30, 2008.

•    Police Commission Secretary and 21-year LAPD employee Silvia Torres was named Police Commission Employee of the Month.

•    Police Commissioner Andrea Ordin expressed thanks for a monetary donation in the amount of $45,000 from the Los Angeles Police Foundation to benefit the 2008 Women’s Leadership Conference, which was Consent Agenda Item C at the meeting.  Commissioner Ordin commented on the Women’s Leadership Conference being an excellent program with an important message.  The agenda item was approved.

•    The verbal report and update from the Department, delivered by Captain Jerilyn Weinstein, on the current status of the personnel complaint investigations relative to the May 1, 2025 incident at MacArthur Park, was accepted.  There are a total of 72 allegations made against 29 named officers.  There are also 139 allegations against unnamed officers.

•    The Department’s report, dated January 9, 2008, relative to the monthly Adjudication of Categorical Use of Force Incidents - Completion of Training Status Report, was received and filed.

•    The Department’s report, dated November 13, 2007, and the Office of the Inspector General’s report, dated January 18, 2008, relative to the Discipline Report, Third Quarter 2007, in accordance with the Annual Audit Plan (also Calendared as Item No. 10-B in Closed Session,) was accepted.

Comments

[pdhog]

Glad to see the Chief seems to have no problem finding money to constantly promote and fill command staff positions. Wish he could do the same for the lower troops but the claim is they don't have the money. The "lateral movement shell game" continues as people can move to same rank positions but not promote. As for ND and GIT openings, no one is putting in for them because of the financial disclosure issue. Also with the rumor of a hard freeze on ALL promotions AND transfers in the works morale will continue to fade.