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Why does the city of LA spend millions of taxpayer dollars on police union activities?
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Feb 4, 2014
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Why does the city of LA spend millions of taxpayer dollars on police union activities?
In the past three years, the city of Los Angeles has spent about $3 million in taxpayer funds to pay the salaries of nine LAPD officers. These officers work full-time for the police department's union.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 29: Los Angeles Police Department cruiser patrols the street after a gunman shot and wounded two men in a parking garage under the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic Congregation on October 29, 2009 in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. The wounded men arrived in separate vehicles for a morning prayer service and were shot after they got out of their vehicles. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Police Department cruiser patrols the street after a gunman shot and wounded two men in a parking garage under the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic Congregation on October 29, 2009 in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California.
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In the past three years, the city of Los Angeles has spent about $3 million in taxpayer funds to pay the salaries of nine LAPD officers. These officers work full-time for the police department's union.

In the past three years, the city of Los Angeles has spent about $3 million in taxpayer funds to pay the salaries of nine LAPD officers. These officers work full-time for the police department's union.

KPCC's Alice Walton has been investigating this story and she joins us now to talk about the details.