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La Palma resident urges overhaul of police hiring after alleged multimillion-dollar verdict
Summary
Resident Keith Nelson told the La Palma City Council that recent promotions in the police department and alleged failures of oversight produced an $8,000,000 workplace-harassment verdict, increased pension liability and higher insurance costs, and urged reforms including external chief searches and livestreaming meetings.
Keith Nelson, a La Palma resident, used the public-comment period at the city council’s Jan. 13 meeting to sharply criticize the council’s handling of police promotions and to call for sweeping reforms.
Nelson told the council he believes its decisions and “refusal to perform the most basic elements of due diligence” produced an “$8,000,000 workplace harassment verdict,” created “over $500,000” in added pension liability, and could drive annual…
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