Fearmongering isn’t the basis of sound policy (LAPD Won't Help Shut Off Water & Power ...)https://www.sbsun.com/2020/08/12/fearmongering-isnt-the-basis-of-sound-policy/The union that represents LAPD officers informed Mayor Eric Garcetti that the police will not help him enforce his orders to shut off the water and power to houses where parties are held.
Garcetti said last week he is cracking down on people who have these prohibited gatherings. Of course, the mayor is one person. His ability to enforce anything depends on his ability to order someone to enforce it.
He can order the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to turn off the utilities, because the LADWP is a city-owned utility run by political appointees and staffed mostly by members of public-employee unions whose salary demands are negotiated with the city government.
Theoretically, he can also order the LAPD to enforce his orders. But union leaders are standing up for the officers.
Garcetti and Goobernor Nuisance have seen to it that LAPD has more critical concerns than enforcing Garcetti's Covid-Shutdown orders.
