Court documents show Floyd Hayhurst and Jeff Steck are running ALADS, which may be the most racist mutual benefit corporation in California

According to court documents Floyd Hayhurst has changed the corporation’s bylaws that govern the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS) so many times over the past 10 years that only 12 to 15 out of approximately 8,000 members are eligible to run for the Board of Directors.  Other than Bruce Nance, the first African American Vice President, no African American members are eligible to run in the next election, and no African American members will be eligible for at least two more years.

Court documents allege that under Floyd Hayhurst’s illegal bylaws, his “75% rule” states that no member is eligible to run for the Board of Directors unless that member has attended 75% of the unit representative meetings for two years.  The documents also state that Floyd Hayhurst has conspired with sheriff department managers to make certain that some members are not able to attend unit rep meetings while other members are allowed to attend unit rep meetings during working hours while in uniform.  Few Hispanic Deputy Sheriffs are eligible, and the only Hispanic President, Armando Macias, along with his African American Vice President, Bruce Nance, are the targets of a law suit looking to remove Macias from his Presidency.

Judge Luis Lavin validated the current leaders when he granted a temporary restraining order to ban Macias from the ALADS office.  The foundation for Lavin’s ruling was astounding as he quoted Deputy Richard Pippin and Deputy Brett Binder.  These two deputies were caught on tape vandalizing Macias’ car before a unit rep meeting.  They are now under investigation for committing a crime against their fellow deputy.  Brett Binder is known for his bad behavior, especially against black males.  Sources present at the last unit rep meeting stated it was disgusting and the majority of the meeting was spent belittling Bruce Nance for standing by Macias.  The showdown will continue in court as Steck and Hayhurst continue ruling ALADS.

What is also shocking is the fact that ALADS attorney Richard (Dick) Shinee, whose law firm (Green & Shinee) is paid approximately 3 million dollars a year by ALADS, approved these bylaws over the past 10 years and advised Hayhurst and his co-conspirators the entire time.  Shinee and his firm represent deputies and advise the union.  Shinee has been overseeing the illegal bylaws changes while protecting Hayhurst and ensuring Hayhurst’s friends are running the union.  These are the same friends of Hayhurst who continue to vote and ensure Shinee’s paycheck. Court documents say Hayhurst tried to oust Bob Connor, who is also Hispanic, in 2010, but Shinee warned Connor and stopped the union from discriminating against him.  This time around, when Hayhurst tried the same trick to oust Macias, Shinee declared a conflict of interest and conveniently stepped out of the fray.  He apparently didn’t mention he had already given the union his legal opinion and that the “75% rule” didn’t apply to directors.  The fact is Shinee was advising the union all along and benefiting greatly by helping to protect the directors.  Something just isn’t right with this picture.  We wonder, where are our dues going?  Now we know.  To pay Richard Shinee while he protects Hayhurst’s and Steck’s positions on the Board of Directors.

Are ALADS Retired Deputy Sheriff Floyd Hayhurst and Deputy Don Jeffery Steck Racist?

According to court documents available for download on the Los Angeles Superior Court website Floyd Hayhurst has spent the past decade changing ALADS bylaws to ensure he remains in power of the ALADS organization.  The documents allege that he spear headed a coup to oust the first Hispanic President of ALADS.  Part of that coup were Brett Binder and Richard Pippin who were caught on tape and now under investigation for vandalizing Macias’ car during a unit rep meeting.  The vandalism took place shortly before the alleged organized plan to kick Macias out of the union.

Armando Macias was elected as President of ALADS in November 2013.  His Vice President Bruce Nance and two other Directors gained a majority that Floyd Hayhurst didn’t like.  For the past decade Hayhurst was either President or Vice President and controlled the organization.  Court documents allege that the bylaws were changed numerous times so that out of 8,000 dues paying members only about 12 were eligible to run for the ALADS board.  The documents state secret meeting notes targeted Deputy Armando Macias who is the first Hispanic President of ALADS.  Additionally, the documents state the next target on their agenda is Deputy Bruce Nance, the first African American Vice President of ALADS.

On March 27, 2014 Retired Deputy Floyd Hayhurst, Deputy Don Jeffery Steck, Deputy Richard Pippin, Deputy Brett Binder and others walked into a regularly scheduled board meeting and claimed Macias had not attended enough unit rep meetings to fulfill Floyd Hayhurst’s “75% rule.”  They voted to oust Macias stating he had not attended 75% of unit rep meetings and he was not eligible to run for office back in November.  Apparently, Hayhurst had used this “75% rule” before to oust another Hispanic Director Deputy Bob Connor back in 2010.  When Nance and Macias fought back and declared the actions of Hayhurst and Steck illegal, Hayhurst and Steck hired attorneys using ALADS monies to ensure their faction remained in power.  The Hayhurst/Steck faction and their attorneys filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent Nance and Macias from fighting the illegal take over of the union.

The answer to the temporary restraining order alleges egregious acts, contempt of court and misappropriation of funds.  Deputy Jeff Steck and Retired Deputy Floyd Hayhurst are in big trouble, not only for possible racism, but for theft of millions of dollars of dues paying deputys’ money as well as the public’s money in conjunction with the sheriff’s department.  It appears they have refused to turn over all financial documents, bank statements and credit card statements.

Judge Luis A. Lavin grants a preliminary injunction validating two Deputy sheriffs (Deputy Brett Binder and Deputy Richard Pippin) under investigation for vandalizing Armando Macias’s car, and gives the Floyd Hayhurst/Don Jeffrey Steck faction control of ALADS.

When Judge Luis Lavin made his ruling on May 6, 2014, to grant a temporary restraining order, giving Jeff Steck and Floyd Hayhurst power over ALADS, he completely ignored the portions of the Defendant’s declarations regarding sheriff deputy Brett Binder and sheriff deputy Richard Pippin.  Instead he validates these two criminals and their coup to oust Armando Macias from his position as ALADS President.  Just a few months ago Brett Binder and Richard Pippin committed a crime against Armando Macias and it was caught on video.  A police report was filed and an investigation revealed that indeed it was Binder and Pippen who broke Armando Macias’s tail light during an ALADS unit rep meeting.  The police report number is 14-8947.  It is astonishing that Brett Binder is still employed by the sheriff’s department.

Brett Binder is well known for “police brutality” in LA County.  He has been sued numerous times for excessive use of force and millions of our tax dollars have been paid to the victims. His history of excessive force against black males is shocking.

• Troy Dugan, a 61 year old black male, was pepper sprayed by Brett Binder who then busted him in the head with a tear gas canister. LA County’s motion to dismiss was denied.
• On May 16 2012 Brett Binder breaks the jaw of Adrian McCoy, scratches his chest, burns his skin and sprays him in the face with pepper spray (attention to his scalded shoulders) after slamming him down on the burning hood of a police car and searing his flesh in the hot sun. The victim Adrian McCoy will forever have scars from this incident.

Judge Lavin writes, “On March 5, 2014, Mr. Hernandez and Mr. Gaisford, along with two additional unit representatives, Richard Pippin and Brett Binder, attended a morning meeting of ALADS unit representatives. Hernandez Decl., ¶ 16. Also present at the meeting were ALADS Directors Macias, Nance, Steck, Hayhurst, and Hofstetter. Id., ¶ 16. At that meeting, Mr. Pippin raised the issue of Defendant Macias’ failure to satisfy the attendance requirement for Director eligibility set forth in Sections 6.05 and 6.07 of the ALADS Bylaws. Pippin Decl., ¶ 17.  According to Mr. Pippin, Directors Steck, Hayhurst, and Hofstetter indicated that they would vote to remove Defendant Macias from his position as a director if he had failed to meet the Bylaws’ eligibility requirement. Id., ¶ 20; Hernandez Decl., 1120. When asked whether he should vacate his position as a director for failure to satisfy the Bylaws’ attendance requirement, Defendant Macias argued that the attendance requirement did not apply to him. Pippin Decl., ¶ 22; Hernandez Decl., ¶ 22.”

Two criminals are the shocking foundation for Judge Lavin’s ruling.