2012 State Contribution Rates for Health Care
As noted earlier, the State Contribution rates are increasing. This is occurring because of our bargaining efforts and the members’ passage of the current MOU. Please distribute this information to...
View ArticleCrowley (private) prison riot: New details of unheeded warnings emerge in...
Seven years ago inmates at a private prison in southeastern Colorado went on an all-night rampage, chasing the shorthanded staff from the premises, attacking suspected snitches, setting fires and...
View ArticleArrest of Alleged Murder Suspects
U.S. Marshal Albert Najera, of the Eastern District of California, announced today that the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) Fresno Division, arrested 33 year old...
View ArticleRichmond police seize 9 pounds of cocaine
Richmond police say they have seized 9 pounds of cocaine with a street value of more than $800,000 as part of an investigation that also included three arrests. The drugs were found along with...
View ArticleMcFarland man arrested for alleged assault with vehicle
A parolee was arrested Tuesday for allegedly ramming his vehicle into another man. Jose Guadalupe Alvarado Jr. was arguing with Jose Manual Mendoza outside a business on the 200 block of West Kern...
View ArticleParolee leads deputies on High Desert chase
A Hesperia parolee in a vehicle stolen from Chino led sheriff's deputies on a chase through the High Desert on Tuesday. Jose Robledo, 30, was arrested at the end of the chase and booked into jail on...
View ArticleCounty already feeling impact of inmate transfer
Plumas County’s public safety system is already feeling the effects of the state’s Assembly Bill 109 inmate realignment. The number of prisoners and parolees in the county’s corrections system has...
View ArticlePelican Bay inmate sentenced in guard attack
A Pelican Bay State Prison inmate already serving a life term got another 10 years tacked onto his sentence after he pleaded guilty in a prison guard attack. Prosecutors say 20-year-old Omar Cardenas...
View ArticlePrison Realignment Sparks Lively Debate
It’s no surprise that AB109, California’s new inmate transfer bill — or “realignment” — is a contentious issue. Therefore, it was a pleasant surprise when tempers remained relatively calm at a recent...
View ArticleCalifornia employees will pay higher payroll tax on next check
Here's one more thing to blame on Congress. Although the battle over extending a Social Security payroll tax reduction continues in Washington, D.C., the matter has already been settled for California...
View ArticleParolee arrested after citizen calls tip line
A California state parolee was arrested Wednesday after a citizen called the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office tip hotline to report the his whereabouts. A citizen called the tip line at 8 a.m. to...
View ArticlePolice search for man connected to Menlo Park shootout
The U.S. Marshals Service and other law enforcement agencies canvassed Mountain View on Wednesday for a parolee who may be connected to last weekend's shootout involving Menlo Park police. Mountain...
View ArticleCA State Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Corrections Furloughs
The state Supreme Court yesterday denied review of a First District Court of Appeal decision allowing the state to furlough unionized correctional officers. The court voted 6-0 to allow the ruling in...
View ArticleDecember 23, 2011
This is CCPOA's 5150 information hotline for Friday, December 23, 2011. CCPOA NEWS Meet & Confer Notices for the Week– We received notices on 8 proposed changes from CDCR recently and responded...
View ArticleParolee arrested for stealing weapons
A 21-year-old parolee is in custody on charges of stealing a handgun and knife from a vehicle in Big Bear City. Robert Standard was arrested Dec. 22 on suspicion of stealing the weapons, according to...
View ArticleKnown gang member stabbed in north Gilroy
A known gang member and parolee was stabbed by multiple men in a north Gilroy gang attack, police said. Just before 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, the 20-year-old man was walking alone on the 8100 block of...
View ArticleMotel Room Mini-Siege Yields Entirely Predictable Result, Plus Pot Poundage
On Sunday, December 25, 2011, at approximately 11:20 pm, Officers contacted and arrested 35 year old James Bauer of Arcata for a felony warrant for Parole Violation. That arrest led to a room at a...
View ArticlePhillip Lewis, fugitive sex offender, arrested in Rochester
A paroled sex offender from California who had been on the run for more than two years was arrested without incident Friday in Rochester. Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force found Phillip Lewis at...
View ArticleParolee charged in mom’s strangling, beating death
A parolee could face the death penalty if convicted of strangling his mother, beating her with a hammer, then hiding her body in the septic tank of her Chico home. Anthony David Yee was arraigned...
View ArticlePrison Transportation Officer Killed in Truck Accident
A prison transport officer died in a truck accident in Palm Bay on the early morning of December 20, according to WTSP.com. Reports indicate the 47-year-old male, Officer Jeffrey Farless, died after...
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