REFER AN OFFICER, COLLECT $1,000.Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer Seeking to boost recruitment for the understaffed LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. , the City Council voted Tuesday to pay $1,000 to nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. groups and neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. that refer successful job candidates to the department. The city already rewards municipal workers who refer candidates to 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 . , but the agency is still struggling to boost its ranks amid growing attrition AttritionThe reduction in staff and employees in a company through normal means, such as retirement and resignation. This is natural in any business and industry. Notes: and fierce competition from other agencies. The expanded reward program -- which would be given to an organization after a candidate has successfully completed training -- was suggested by Detective Harry Eddo, the LAPD liaison to the City Council. ``This is a win-win,'' Councilwoman Janice Hahn Janice Hahn is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 15th district. Hahn was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005, running unopposed. The 15th District encompasses the Los Angeles communities of Watts, Wilmington, Harbor Gateway, Harbor City, Athens on the said. ``This is making a great use of the neighborhood councils and ... recruiting officers who live in the city.'' Scott DeYoung of the city Personnel Department said recruiting officers will begin attending neighborhood council meetings to explain city hiring procedures. The LAPD hopes to hire 650 officers this year with a goal to expand the 9,400-member force by 1,000 over the next four years. While officials expect to meet their hiring goals, DeYoung said it has been difficult. ``We have an extremely low unemployment rate, and there is a lot of competition from other law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). ,'' DeYoung said. ``There are a lot of public safety agencies hiring people, plus there is the need of the military that draws from the same pool of young people that we are looking to hire.'' The LAPD is expected to face higher than normal losses due to retirement this year because a particular pension program that has offered an incentive to officers to stay on is set to end. At least 100 officers in that program are expected to leave in May, DeYoung said. Councilman Dennis Zine, a former LAPD sergeant, asked the department to examine a program in Reno, Nev., where retired officers are hired on an hourly basis as temporary workers to help bolster patrols. DeYoung said he would review the program and whether it would violate the contract with the Police Protective League and would be legal in California. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com. (213) 978-0390 |
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