City workers oppose San Jose’s pension reform plans
Tom Saggau doesn’t want to see the number of San Jose public servants decrease as a side effect of poor negotiating. Pension reform is a large concern in San Jose, as it is in many cities across...
View ArticleRiverside: Pursuit of parolee leads to officer-involved shooting
Riverside police officers attempting to chase down an allegedly armed parolee today opened fire during the pursuit, but didn’t hit anyone, a sergeant said. The officer-involved shooting happened...
View ArticleMore hardened criminals now at Siskiyou County Jail
Sergeant Robert Goyeneche says the atmosphere at the Siskiyou County Jail is getting more criminally sophisticated, with politics more like what’s commonly seen in state prisons. County officials say...
View ArticlePrisons overflow, but not youth camps
Counting down from three, Probation Supervisor Chris Bussey pulled the fire alarm, causing a siren to blare throughout Camp Glenwood. He and about two dozen other emergency officials hustled out to...
View ArticleKidnapping, hostage suspect Joshua Lee appears in court
Joshua Paul Lee – the Montague man who earlier this month sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest after he allegedly held a hostage at gunpoint at a Yreka apartment complex – appeared...
View ArticleAll in the family: Man arrested Wednesday is father of suspected jail escapee...
The father of a man sought by county authorities and a woman who escaped from jail last week was himself arrested Wednesday morning. Leo Beus, 55, was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen...
View ArticleDunsmuir man gets prison time for car theft, chase
Douglas Jeremiah Stout, 25, of Dunsmuir, was sentenced on Tuesday in the Siskiyou County Superior Court to 8 years and 8 months in state prison. The sentence was issued by Superior Court Judge Laura...
View ArticleInglewood police probe shooting that left parole agent wounded
He described the suspect as an African American in his 30s, about 5 feet 9, with a mustache or goatee. He was wearing a dark gray hooded sweatshirt and dark shorts. The assailant is believed to have...
View ArticlePension fight to dominate N.Y. budget talks; Cuomo pushes reform to cut costs
Pension benefits for new government workers in New York are shaping up to be a key battle as lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo head into the final month of budget negotiations. With the Legislature on...
View ArticleParolee Breaks into Public Storage Lockers
A Foster City parolee has been arrested on suspicion of burglarizing several units at a self-storage facility in Redwood City, police said. Police were informed at about 10:50 p.m. Saturday that four...
View ArticleWanted parolee arrested after allegedly stealing food from store
A Redding man wanted for a parole violation in Mendocino County was arrested in Clearlake early Thursday on a number of charges including possession of stolen, vandalism and alcohol-related charges....
View Article2012 TB Testing
The annual TB testing is being conducted in February this year as opposed to January as had been done in the past. The testing is being conducted by a State contracted medical provider. Just a...
View ArticleMonterey police arrest burglary suspects
Monterey police say they busted a burglary ring during a surveillance operation at a Munras Avenue motel on Wednesday. Ronald Johnson, 49, of Marina, a parolee, was stopped by police when leaving the...
View ArticleLawmakers Consider Bill Opening Youth Prison To All Ages
Lawmakers in Lansing are considering two bills that would allow a youth prison near Lake County to open to inmates of all ages. But approval could have a devastating impact on the mid-Michigan area....
View ArticleFebruary 24, 2012
This is CCPOA's 5150 information hotline for Friday, February 24, 2012. CCPOA NEWS Parole Agent Shot While Preventing Robbery– An off-duty parole agent was shot and wounded during an attempted...
View ArticleCalifornia prisons face maximum security shortage
Last year, California began complying with a federal court to reduce its prison population by shifting thousands of low-level felons to county custody. It’s called “realignment” and although it helped...
View ArticlePrivate prisons (GEO) banned from housing youth under Federal Consent Decree
Children under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) will no longer be housed in a privately run prison or subjected to brutal solitary confinement under the terms of a...
View ArticleRiverside County agencies struggling due to more inmates, parolees
Riverside County agencies are struggling to manage the increased workload resulting from a higher number of inmates in county jails and a greater number of parolees being supervised locally due to a...
View ArticleState advised to postpone prison medical facility
California - even with a state prison medical facility already under construction southeast of Stockton - has been advised by the Legislative Analyst's Office to hold off on building new medical...
View ArticleRepeat offenders in the news
Prisons in Santa Clara County, Calif., are saying no to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and it’s leading to some embarrassing high profile incidents, including the arrests by federal agents of 63...
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