John R. Mumma
Professional Work History
Los Angeles Police DepartmentPolice Officer 1988?1998
Police Academy - training
Wilshire Division - patrol assignments
Van Nuys Division - patrol and gang assignments
Hollywood Division - patrol and vice assignments
Pacific Division - patrol and Los Angeles World Airport sub-station
77th Division - patrol assignments
Rampart Division - patrol assignment
Sergeant 1998?present
West Valley Area - patrol and administrative assignments
Officer Representation Section - administrative duties
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Elected representative for Sergeants/Detectives 2008?present
Handling all aspects of union representation for 10,000 members
Elected Board Secretary 2010, 2011
Legal Chairman 2008?2011
Responsibility and oversight of:
Grievances
Unfair Employee Relations Practices
Meet and Confers
Union litigation
3 in-house and 30 panel attorneys
Multi-million dollar Legal Defense Plan
Multi-million dollar legal budget
Established Benefits Trust, Chairman of multi-million dollar investment portfolio
Legislative/Political Action Committee Chairman 2012?present
Responsibility and oversight of:
All statewide and federal political activities and expenditures
Multi-million dollar PAC fund
Dispute Resolution Experience
2013: Negotiated the first LAPD mediation program to resolve disputes between sworn personnel and the public.2013: Represented union in successful mediation of union lawsuit against City of Los Angeles.
2008: Represented union in successful mediation of union employee's lawsuit against union.
2008-present: Represented hundreds of sworn members in formal grievances; represented the union in dozens of Meet & Confers and Unfair Employee Relations Practice claims.
2008-present: As union director, represented individual members or classes in over a dozen formal arbitrations and fact findings.
2000-2008: As a Defense Representative, represented Los Angeles Police Officers, Sergeants, Detectives and Lieutenants in over 300 formal hearings consisting of Boards of Rights (termination cases), Administrative Appeals (discipline, benefits and other employment cases), Risk Management Executive Committee hearings (employment status).
Cornell University Dispute Resolution Training (Course titles and dates taken)
Employment Law Mediator Training, 2013Other Dispute Resolution Training
Labor Law Arbitration Conference, 2008Professional Associations
City of Los Angeles, Board of Deferred Compensation 2010?presentElected Fire and Police Pensions Representative - current Vice-Chairman
Responsibility and oversight of $3.8 billion plan with over 40,000 participants
Eagle and Badge Foundation (501c3, charitable foundation) 2001?present
Board member 2009?2011
Secretary 2010, 2011
United States Army Community Advisory Board 2010?2013
Member - advising US Army Southern California Recruiting Command
Alliance for a Better California 2012?present
Board member, led successful $65 million statewide campaign to defeat Proposition 32
Education
University of California, Los Angeles Bachelor of Arts: History, 1995Cornell University/ILR School
Employment Law Mediator Training, 2013
The Wharton School
Portfolio Concepts and Management Program, 2011
Harvard University Law School, Labor and Worklife Program
Police Union Leadership Program, 2010
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP)
Annual Conferences 2008-2011
Certificate of Achievement in Public Plan Policy: Employee Pensions, 2009
Certificate in Public Sector Benefits Administration, 2010
National Association of Governmental Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA)
Annual Conferences 2008-2012
National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS)
Annual Conferences 2009, 2010
International Association Chiefs of Police (IACP)
Annual Conferences 2008, 2010
Alternative Investment Summit 2010, 2011
Guns & Hoses Pension Conference 2009
Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Death (IPICD)
Annual Conferences 2007, 2008
Americans for Ethical Law Enforcement (AELE)
Lethal/Less Lethal Conference 2005, 2007, 2008
National Association Police Organizations (NAPO)
Annual Conferences 2008, 2009
Pension & Benefits Seminar 2013
Labor Relations Information System (LRIS)
Internal Affairs and Use of Force Conferences 2004, 2006, 2007
References
Paul Weber, Los Angeles Police Department, 213-251-4554Fee Policy
Fees: $1,000.00 per day of hearing$1,000.00 per day of study, writing, etc.
$750.00 fee for each scheduled hearing date
canceled or postponed within twenty (20) work days of the scheduled date.
Travel fees billed at actual cost. No charge for travel time.