CITY DEAL LETS LAPD TAKE ON TRANSIT DUTY.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer The City Council voted Wednesday to have the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. take over policing of the MTA's bus and rail lines in a contract that would allow the city to hire many, but not all, of the officers currently employed by the transit agency. About 142 of 185 Metropolitan Transportation Authority officers have been cleared in background checks for hiring by the LAPD, but the contract allows the city agency to reject 43 transit officers This article or section has multiple issues: * It reads like an advertisement and needs to be rewritten in a neutral point of view. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. who were disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. because of past misbehavior and other problems. Councilwoman Laura Chick previously had opposed a different merger agreement between the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. and the LAPD because it might have bound the city to hire disqualified officers and would have subjected the city to increased liability. Disqualified officers still can sue the city, but Chick, who chairs the council's Public Safety Committee, said Wednesday that the five-year compromise contract allows the LAPD to maintain its standards and lessens the chance of potential lawsuits for police misconduct Police misconduct refers to objectional actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties, which can lead to a miscarriage of justice. Types of misconduct
The new agreement also contains another key change. When a contract first was proposed a week ago, MTA command officers were going to join the LAPD as police officers, but Deaton said the contract now will allow MTA lieutenants to join the LAPD as lieutenants, and captains to join the city force as captains, once they pass oral exams Noun 1. oral exam - an examination conducted by spoken communication oral, oral examination, viva, viva voce exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new for the ranks. ``I'm satisfied,'' Chick told her colleagues. ``I have no more fears or concerns that this is not in the best interest of the city. I believe it is.'' The vote to approve the contract was 11-1, with Councilman Nate Holden Nathaniel "Nate" R. Holden (1929-) served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2002. He previously served a term on the California State Senate and was Assistant Chief Deputy to then Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. the lone opponent. Holden said he is concerned that the council did not have before it the final contract language, and he predicted that the financially troubled MTA will not be able to honor its pledge to cover all of the LAPD costs to police transit lines. The contract requires the MTA to pay the LAPD's full cost of policing the lines, countered Ron Deaton, the council's chief legislative analyst. The council vote gave the mayor and council president authority to sign the contract once final language is worked out, unless there are substantial changes. If the contract also is approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, the LAPD could begin hiring MTA officers and policing transit lines in a month, Deaton said. MTA Chief Executive Officer Linda Bohlinger predicted that the transit board would approve the contract, which she worked out with Deaton. Bohlinger said the contract requires the MTA to reimburse the cost of the LAPD deploying 208 officers to transit lines, an increase in service from the 185 MTA officers currently assigned to buses and trains in the city. Mayor Richard Riordan's office issued a statement saying the agreement will ``bring 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. a step closer to being the safest big city in the nation.'' Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. told the council Wednesday that he now will look at other police forces inside Los Angeles, including the city airport and harbor police, for incorporation into the LAPD as part of a policy of ``one city, one police force.'' MTA Police Chief Sharon Papa - who will be transferring to the LAPD at the rank of commander - said she looks forward to the takeover. ``It's nice to finally get a decision,'' she said. |
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