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LAPD Could Lay Off 160 Employees Next Year
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Because the city of Los Angeles is already in the red four months into this fiscal year, city workers could be facing layoffs on January 1.
Those layoffs could hit the LAPD, Chief Charlie Beck wrote in a memo on the department's website, the Los Angeles Times reports. The layoffs could hit 160 civilian employees of the department, including one police administrator III, 10 secretaries, 81 senior clerk typists, 66 clerk typists and one nutritionist.
Employees who will be laid off on the first day of 2013 have to be notified by December 14. Beck wrote in the memo, "I know this is a very stressful time for all and I want to avoid rumors and miscommunication which can only increase the stress level."
Villaraigosa and City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana warned that the City Council needed to act quickly to finalize 200 layoffs for the city or risk facing an estimated $216 million budget deficit by next July.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League said, "...the League is concerned about how the work will be done because any delays in the department's 'support function' will definitely affect the ability of officers to respond to law enforcement issues impacting residents and businesses in Los Angeles."
The City Attorney's office could also face cuts in the layoffs. The city called for the elimination of 50 lawyer positions. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich's senior deputy sent employees an email yesterday calling the cuts an "outrageous and short-sighted attack" on the office.
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