Police union calls for end to consent decree

Stepping up its pressure on the city, the Los Angeles Police Protective League called Thursday for the city to end the consent decree governing the Los Angeles Police Department as it challenged the qualifications and cost of the firm monitoring the decree. Daily News.

Protective League President Tim Sands, who has been fighting a financial-disclosure provision for anti-gang and narcotics officers, said the city has been in substantial compliance with all of the decree's main provisions and should move on.

"The time has come for the city to stand up and say the LAPD is done with the consent decree," Sands said. "In these tough budgetary times, the city cannot afford to waste taxpayer dollars for incessant, meaningless auditing that does nothing to enhance public safety or `reform' the LAPD."