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Law Practice

Jun. 18, 2009

L.A. County Prosecutors' Union Must Restore Officer Elections, Judge Rules

A Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a decades-old policy that bars Los Angeles police officers from acting as immigration agents.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court judge Wednesday ordered the Los Angeles County prosecutors' union to hold leadership elections, after a member accused the group of unlawfully canceling a scheduled election last year.

Judge James C. Chalfant ruled the Association of Deputy District District Attorneys must elect leaders, as it wrongly extended the terms of its current leaders last year through a change in byla...

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