Deal reached in L.A.
Los Angeles officials said they have reached an agreement to resolve a union lawsuit over the pay provided to nearly 1,000 police officers hired since 2010. The settlement with the Los Angeles Police Protective League would end a 2012 lawsuit alleging that department recruits had received erroneous salary information.
Stephen Silver, an attorney for the union, said the city’s website showed entry-level salaries that were higher than the amounts ultimately paid. “Had [recruits] had the actual information they wouldn’t have come to work” for the LAPD, he said. The proposed agreement would boost starting salaries to more than $57,000 from about $49,000. The deal also would increase the salaries of nearly 1,000 officers who were hired at a rate 20% lower than earlier recruits, according to Jeff Millman, spokesman for Mayor Eric Garcetti. Lower salaries were imposed in the wake of the recession.