ALADS releases poll

The Association of Los Angeles Deputie want you to know that the people they serve love them.
As the group, representing 8,000 deputies, prepares to begin contract talks in the next few months, it has released a survey showing that 83 percent of residents polled in areas served by teh sheriffs rate it as their top priority _ over health care, libraries and parks.
Not surprisingly, it also found that 82 percent believed salaries shoulde be comptetive with other law enforcment agencies.
Deputies are paid comparable to what the LAPD pays its officers.
ALADS President Steve Remige said the survey confirms the notion of public support for deputies.
. "Despite tightening budgets, county residents are not willing to short change public safety and jeopardize their safety or the safety of their families."