SECOND JOBS FOR POLICE AT ISSUE COMMISSION CALLS FOR CONTROLS.Byline: Dan Laidman Staff Writer Almost a quarter of 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. cops have permits to work second jobs, officials said Tuesday, leading some Police Commissioners to call for stricter controls over moonlighting. 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 . officials told the commission that
only eight officers are licensed private investigators but that 2,200
more officers have permits allowing some sort of outside work.
``When I look at this I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how an officer can serve two masters,'' said Commissioner Anthony Pacheco. ``As a member of the public, I want to know officers are beholden be·hold·en adj. Owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted. [Middle English biholden, past participle of biholden, to observe; see behold. to my interest only and not private interests.'' The review was prompted by the involvement of a retired Los Angeles Police Department sergeant in the scandal surrounding gumshoe Anthony Pellicano Anthony Pellicano (born March 22, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former high-profile Los Angeles private investigator who recently served a sentence in federal prison for illegal possession of explosives, and who was arrested on February 4, 2006, on unlawful wiretapping and , who is accused of using illicit wiretapping A form of eavesdropping involving physical connection to the communications channels to breach the confidentiality of communications. For example, many poorly-secured buildings have unprotected telephone wiring closets where intruders may connect unauthorized wires to listen in on phone and other tactics to help his high-profile clients. The number of officers with permits to work an outside job rose sharply after the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. adopted schedules that allow cops to work three 12-hour days or four 10-hour days a week, giving them large blocks of free time to do other work. When the flexible schedule took effect in 2002 the number of permits issued was 500, up from 300 in 2001. The flexible schedule has been welcomed by the officers' union and Chief William Bratton but criticized by former Chief Bernard Parks, who is now a councilman. Commission President John Mack said outside work could affect officers' performance and create the potential for conflicts of interest. ``It increases the probability of burnout Burnout Depletion of a tax shelter's benefits. In the context of mortgage backed securities it refers to the percentage of the pool that has prepaid their mortgage. , in addition to some highly questionable ethical issues,'' he said. Several commissioners suggested they will formally oppose allowing officers to work second jobs in the security or investigations fields. The LAPD surveyed 38 other police agencies and found that all permit off-duty jobs, but that more than 55 percent prohibit private investigations work. Police officials are now studying increasing their oversight over outside work and possibly banning private investigation-related moonlighting. However, the city attorney has advised the department that any such ban would probably require discussions with the officers' union. Cmdr. Kenneth Garner, head of the LAPD's Personnel Group, said officials are considering probing deeper into the type of outside work its officers are doing. He noted that the employee involved in the Pellicano case did not have a permit. Dan Laidman, (213) 978-0390 dan.laidman(at)dailynews.com |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion