BRIEFLY : FEUER PUSHES NEW LINE TO EASE 911 SYSTEM.Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Councilman Mike Feuer called Wednesday on the Police Department to step up efforts to create a citywide, nonemergency number designed to ease the burden on the 911 emergency line. The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . has been working with the phone
company to develop a line that residents can call if they need police
services, such as filing a theft report, but do not need an emergency
response. Feuer said in Baltimore residents can call 311 for
nonemergency police calls.
``It is critical that we ensure that the public can easily reach the proper authorities in an emergency and that nonemergency calls are responded to in the most efficient way,'' Feuer said. SOURCE: Daily News Police union urges delay on hiring decree The Los Angeles Police Protective League urged the City Council on Wednesday to delay approval of a consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. that would set hiring goals for women and minorities, saying the union has ``extreme concern.'' The council is set Friday to consider the settlement of the lawsuit by officers who claimed discrimination in hiring and sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. . Union President Bill Harkness wrote to council President John Ferraro John Ferraro (May 14 1924—April 17 2001) served as a Los Angeles City Councilman from 1966 until his death. Early life Ferraro was born in the working class suburb of Cudahy, California, just south of Los Angeles. that his concerns include that the settlement would impose new rules for hiring and discipline without consulting the union. Mayor Richard Riordan has also asked that the council action be delayed until the Police Commission has a chance to study the proposed consent decree, which would settle litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. filed two years ago. SOURCE: Daily News |
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