Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies won’t be required to discuss with investigators tattoos associated with allegations of unlawful gangs and corruption within the department until the county meets with their union, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The ruling from a panel of California Court of Appeals judges protects bargaining rights for the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs as their department is investigated.
A trial court appropriately weighed the public’s strong interest in removing gangs from sheriff’s departments against the deputies’ unfair labor practice claims filed after deputies received interview requests, a panel of judges said unanimously in the ...
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