Parolee leads law enforcement on hour-long chase
A Goshen man with only months to go on his parole was arrested Friday after stealing a pump from a local dairy owner and leading authorities on a high speed chase across the county. It all started...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Roseville gas station burglary
Roseville police have made an arrest in a March 31 gas station convenience store burglary. Based on tips received after store surveillance camera video was made public, Officer Dee Dee Gunther said...
View ArticleParolee Wanted for Theft, DUI Is Arrested After Chase
A parolee wanted for car theft and DUI was arrested early Monday by Fountain Valley police after a pursuit that ended in Santa Ana. According to police, officers first spotted Ivan Jain Pineda, 29, of...
View ArticleVacaville PD nabs Dixon men
Vacaville police arrested two Dixon men, one a parolee, suspected of burglary and a number of other possible charges early Monday morning after authorities say they were caught breaking into the...
View ArticleTransgender car thief (parolee) gets 32 months
A transgender car thief who admitted stealing a truck from a Chula Vista firefighter was sentenced April 3 to 32 months in state prison. Carlos Olachea Jr., 31, who also goes by the first name of...
View ArticleEarly release from county jails gives rise to a new class of criminal
A state assembly bill intended to alleviate California’s fiscal burden of housing prison inmates has created a new, sub-class of criminal that has the potential to overwhelm law enforcement agencies...
View ArticleApril 13, 2012
This is CCPOA's 5150 information hotline for Friday, April 13, 2012. CCPOA NEWS Battle of the Badges – The Battle of the Badges proved to be a clean sweep for Folsom’s correctional officers and...
View ArticleJury Out on Prisoner Early Release
The jury is still out on whether Democratic Governor Jerry Brown's plan to alleviate crowding at the state's prisons will work for local governments as well as the state. Under what Brown describes as...
View ArticleState prison realignment program impacts local crime
The Glendale Police Department has redirected $650,000 to deal with parolees and individuals on probation since the state-mandated release of some prison inmates began two years ago, officials said...
View ArticleCDCR audit reports state prisons in compliance with providing dental care
Twenty-nine out of 33 California state prisons have passed an audit on dental care as part of a settlement to a federal lawsuit filed by a Centinela State Prison inmate. In a statement released Friday...
View ArticleKentucky CCA private prison closing
The town of Wheelwright is about to lose 170 jobs. That's because the Otter Creek Correctional Center will close at the end of June. WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/HI34ez) reports that added capacity at other...
View Article2012 CCPOA Convention Information
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View ArticleSolano Reentry Council to meet
The Solano Reentry Council will hold its next quarterly general meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday. The meeting will be held at the County Events Center, 601 Texas Street in Fairfield and is open to...
View ArticleArmed parolee shot by USC officer
A University of Southern California campus police officer has shot an armed parolee who tried to rob a group of students. Wednesday's shooting comes a week after two USC international students from...
View ArticlePension Reform Effort Pivotal for CA
Among the hundreds of races and issues on the June 5 ballot will be a proposal in San Jose to modify the city's pension system. "Pension reform," as proponents call it, has taken on a life of its own...
View ArticleCA prisons system tries new method to stop contraband cell phones
State corrections officials say they have come up with a no-cost plan to stop the illegal use of cell phones inside prisons by inmates, a problem that has plagued the prison system for years....
View ArticleLAO says Calif. prison medical costs too high
As the state prepares to resume control of inmate medical care, it must find ways to reduce costs that are triple the national average, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said Thursday. The...
View ArticleState prison inmate accidently set free by Los Angeles officials
A state prison inmate is on the loose in Los Angeles after officials accidentally set him free. Larry Howard, 21, was serving a two-year sentence for first-degree burglary at Wasco State Prison......
View ArticleCCPOA-opposed private prison bill rejected by Assembly
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly authored a bill (AB 2083) which would have required foreign nationals serving time in California state prisons to complete their sentences in not-yet-built private prisons in...
View ArticleApril 20, 2012
This is CCPOA's 5150 information hotline for Friday, April 20, 2012. CCPOA NEWS Weekly Update–There is a lot of new information in this week’s edition of the CCPOA “Weekly Update.” Topics include...
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