Police union to appeal ruling

The union that represents Los Angeles police officers filed an appeal Monday to block a judge's decision that would let the LAPD impose financial disclosure measures designed to root out corrupt anti-gang and narcotics officers. Rachel Uranga in the Daily News.

The appeal challenges U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess' stern ruling Thursday in which he dismissed union claims that the detailed disclosure forms were an invasion of officer privacy.

The move slows the department's effort to get out from a seven-year-old federal consent decree put in place after the infamous 1990s Rampart corruption scandal.

In the 26-page ruling, Feess rebuked the union for encouraging officers to abandon their posts and not apply for anti-gang or narcotics detail jobs. And he wrote that it was essential to establish a financial base line to determine whether officers are at risk of corruption or living outside their means.

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