Los Angeles Police Department was caught creating ticket quota’s and the whistleblowing cops got almost $6 million for the harassment and bulling by their corrupt superiors. Now it looks like the Whittier Police Department has done the same, created illegal ticketing quota’s and harassed the police that reported the crime.
“. They were ultimately subjected to multiple and repeated adverse actions, including negative and disparaging language and comments in their permanent files, unfavorable documentation, unwarranted counselling sessions and transfers, increased scrutiny, and threats of termination in official documents if they did not meet the quotas.
“The imposition of a ticket and arrest quota is not only a clear violation of state law, but a really bad approach to managing police officers; it prevents them from doing their jobs which is to protect the public every day” says lead counsel, Matthew McNicholas.”
The bigger problem is the corruption of an entire police department—and the approval of this by the Police Chief and the City Council. Please, they knew this was happening. Why hasn’t criminal charges been brought against them for fraud, theft and violation of the law?
McNicholas & McNicholas Files Retaliation Lawsuit Against the
City of Whittier For Imposing an Illegal Ticket Quota
— Case falls on the heels of another illegal ticket quota case on behalf of ten LAPD officers,
settling for $5.9 million –
3/4/15
LOS ANGELES, CA – The plaintiff’s trial law firm McNicholas & McNicholas filed a retaliation lawsuit against the City of Whittier on behalf of six Whittier Police Department (WPD) Officers and demanding a trial by jury. The lawsuit alleges that the WPD imposed an unlawful citation and arrest quota in violation of California Vehicle Code Section 41600 on its officers. The plaintiffs, Officers Joseph Rivera, Jim Azpilicueta, Anthony Gonzalez, Steve Johnson, Nancy Ogle and Mike Rosario, refused to participate in and report the unlawful citation and arrest quota. They were ultimately subjected to multiple and repeated adverse actions, including negative and disparaging language and comments in their permanent files, unfavorable documentation, unwarranted counselling sessions and transfers, increased scrutiny, and threats of termination in official documents if they did not meet the quotas.
“The imposition of a ticket and arrest quota is not only a clear violation of state law, but a really bad approach to managing police officers; it prevents them from doing their jobs which is to protect the public every day” says lead counsel, Matthew McNicholas, a Partner with McNicholas & McNicholas. “It’s a shame that these officers’ careers have been materially and adversely affected as a result of the harm and damage conducted by Whittier Police Department, when it was the officers who were actually doing the right thing.”
Similarly in November 2013, Mr. McNicholas obtained a $5.9 million settlement on behalf of ten LAPD motor officers claiming retaliation for refusing to follow an illegal ticket quota.
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