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The Hill
25-06-2025
- The Hill
LA police union calls for resignation of Cudahy vice-mayor over ‘cholos' post
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) —The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL), which represents nearly 9,000 members of the LAPD, is calling for the resignation and possible prosecution of Cudahy Vice-Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez following what they described as a 'shameful social media video post.' The video advocates for local street gangs to confront peace officers, urging leaders of The 18th Street and Florencia street gangs to 'get your f—ing members in order,' the LAPPL said in a statement Wednesday. 'The 18th Street and Florencia street gangs are notoriously dangerous Los Angeles-based criminal enterprises,' a portion of the LAPPL's statement reads. 'They rule their 'turfs' through intimidation, violence, and murder, and finance their operations through the sale of narcotics and illegal firearms, prostitution, and protection rackets.' Although the video doesn't call for any specific violent actions, Gonzalez identifies the two well-known criminal gangs by name for not making a 'peep' as their 'hood is being invaded.' 'I wanna know where all the cholos are at in Los Angeles. 18th Street, Florencia. Where's the leadership at?… Now that your hood is being invaded by the biggest gang there is, there ain't a peep out of you,' she is heard saying in the video, which has since been removed. The LAPPL says both gangs have a known history of murdering police officers, citing the killing of LAPD Officer Filberto Cuesta by an 18th Street gang member in 1998 and several Florencia gang members who were convicted of the 2022 murder of LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos. In 2001, there were reports that the 18th Street gang had placed a bounty for the wounding or murder of Los Angeles Police officers. 'What Ms. Gonzalez urged and taunted these specific gangs to do in her social media post puts police officers and other law enforcement professionals at greater risk,' the LAPPL said. 'Her actions are deplorable and potentially illegal. She should resign and she should be prosecuted if what she called for broke the law.'
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Yahoo
Judge tosses police union lawsuit against LAPD commander accused of computer fraud
A Los Angeles County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the union for rank-and-file police officers against an LAPD commander accused of accessing emails, surveys and materials intended only for lower-ranking cops. In a ruling Monday, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Bruce Iwasaki sided with Cmdr. Lillian Carranza and her co-defendant, Deputy Chief Marc Reina, who argued that the Los Angeles Police Protective League failed to prove the allegations of unlawful computer data access and fraud. Read more: Lawsuit claims LAPD commander tried to 'discredit' police union. Is it part of a broader rift? Iwasaki wrote that the league failed to make a clear allegation of the 'damage or loss' it incurred as a result of Carranza's actions, which centered on her accessing a union survey of its members, who are all below the rank of captain. Carranza and other command officers have their own separate union. Among other legal technicalities, Iwasaki wrote that the company Survey Monkey owned the survey in question — not the league. The suit was dismissed 'with prejudice,' which means it cannot be refiled. Carranza declined to discuss the ruling when reached this week, saying she wanted to explore her legal options first. Reina, who runs the department bureau that oversees training and recruitment, did not respond to a request for comment. Until recently, he also served as president of the Los Angeles Police Command Officers Assn., the union for department leadership. The league's suit, filed last year, accused Carranza of accessed the union's website by passing herself off as a lower-ranking officer and filled out a survey meant to grade supervisors. Carranza argued in court filings that she used her name when logging in, and pointed out that she and other command staff routinely used the league's system to access their agency benefits. In a letter to the command officers union last December, league President Craig Lally said command officers' access to the "benefits portal" would be cut off by the end of the year. A voicemail left for Lally went unreturned on Thursday. League officials have said a digital forensics firm hired to investigate the matter found that Carranza had opened approximately 49 'confidential emails' the union had sent to its members from 2016 to 2024, allegedly to undermine the union's credibility. The suit came amid an intensifying dispute between the league and Carranza, an outspoken commander from LAPD's Central Bureau, who in the past has repeatedly sued the department over its treatment of female officers and alleged underreporting of crime statistics. The league made a show of going after Carranza, calling a news conference, releasing YouTube videos and taking subtle shots at her in the pages of its monthly magazine, Thin Blue Line. Carranza further drew the league's ire when she came to the defense of a female captain who insisted on conducting a use-of-force investigation into an incident involving two of her officers. The union — whose members include most LAPD officers, detectives, sergeants and lieutenants — has argued that department morale is low because Carranza and other commanders lack accountability. Read more: LAPD cops shot 21 bystanders in 10 years. How does it keep happening? In addition to publicly criticizing Carranza, the union has also singled out other high-ranking officials — namely, Reina and Michael Rimkunas, another deputy chief who oversees internal investigations. Carranza, who was promoted to captain in 2012 and made commander in 2023, applied for the LAPD chief's job, which was vacated when Michel Moore retired in February 2024. Sources previously told The Times that Carranza was among a number of candidates who were invited for a second round of interviews. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
