L.A. Police Protective League v. City of L.A.
Annotate this CaseLos Angeles Police Department (LAPD) challenged transfers that did not affect compensation or other specified rights, solely because the transfer may lead to negative employment consequences or because of the officer’s belief to that effect. They claimed that the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBRA) (Gov. Code 3300) and a memorandum of understanding between the city and the Los Angeles Police Protective League entitled them to an administrative appeal of their involuntary transfers. The trial court and court of appeal disagreed, holding that POBRA does not afford officers the right to an administrative appeal of a transfer of assignment, unless the transfer was “for purposes of punishment.”
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