CITY REQUESTS RETALIATION BUSTER; COUNCIL MOVES TO TRACK CAREER PATHS OF COMMITTEE WITNESSES.Byline: Deborah Sullivan Daily News Staff Writer In an effort to protect whistle-blowers, the City Council on Tuesday called for statistical tracking of the careers of Fire and Police department employees who testify To provide evidence as a witness, subject to an oath or affirmation, in order to establish a particular fact or set of facts. Court rules require witnesses to testify about the facts they know that are relevant to the determination of the outcome of the case. before the council's Personnel Committee. The system would record the employees' rank when they testified, their current rank and any disciplinary actions taken against them since their testimony, in order to find out whether their careers suffered. ``What we're trying to make sure is that an employee doesn't get demoted, moved to another position or have unfounded complaints placed on their record,'' said Councilwoman Laura Chick, who called for the tracking system together with Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. . The council requested such tracking five years ago, when the personnel committee held hearings on discrimination in the Police and Fire departments, Goldberg said. The Fire Commission complied, and found no evidence of retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and against personnel committee witnesses, but the Police Commission said recently that it was unaware of the 5-year-old request, Goldberg said. On Tuesday, the council repeated the request, instructing the Police and Fire departments to track witnesses to the committee for another five years. Goldberg said the committee also asked 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 . to go back through its records and provide the
information on previous witnesses.
``It really is just a way of reassuring both the council and the public that employees with these departments stay free to express their views and that there is no retaliation against that,'' Chick said. ``I think that's a good idea, after rumors For other uses, see Rumor (disambiguation). Rumors is a farcical play by Neil Simon. At its start, several affluent couples gather in the posh suburban residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their tenth anniversary. throughout the country that there is a police code of silence or policy of retaliation, that we can proudly show that that doesn't exist in 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. .'' The system only tracks witnesses before the council's Personnel Committee, and does not cover witnesses to LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to:
Goldberg said witnesses to those bodies can complain to the inspector general or the city Office of Discrimination if they suffer retaliation against their testimony, but she said she would look into extending the tracking system to include them as well. Also on Tuesday, the council asked the LAPD to report to the Personnel Committee in two months on how its 1997 policy on retaliation is working. |
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