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Volume 28, Issue 4
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View ArticleDebt-ridden Stockton a battleground for police union, City Hall
The first eyebrow-raising salvo in the fight between the cops and this city was the billboards. "Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California: Stop laying off cops!" read one at the city's...
View ArticleCDCR defends realignment against critics
In Friday's editorial, "Realignment fails early test," a connection was made between the shooting death of a former California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) inmate during the...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Four ways to relieve overcrowded prisons
Necessity can spur novelty. Even political novelty. As the need for fiscal austerity grows, an unlikely alliance has emerged between policymakers and public advocates who have long sought criminal...
View ArticleMore California women inmates serving time at home
California’s prison population has dropped by more than 8,000 inmates since October, when the state began shifting low-level criminals from state prisons to county jails. The state's prisons are under...
View ArticleParolee arrested in 2007 Lompoc homicide
Lompoc police have arrested Charles Alonzo Owens, 25, a parolee who is in custody in the Santa Barbara County Jail, in connection with the 2007 shooting death of Lompoc resident Michael Jason...
View ArticleOne-dollar robber nabbed in Desert Hot Springs, police say
A gas-pump robbery Wednesday evening netted a Desert Hot Springs parolee one dollar — and a trip to jail, according to police. Baltazar Juarez Sanchez, 51, demanded money about 6 p.m. from someone...
View ArticleParolee nabbed by Lyons police for string of burglaries
A 31-year-old California man on parole for attempted murder was charged with one count of felony burglary and one count of felony criminal damage to property for the Lyons burglary of the Cuts for...
View ArticleJuvenile offender fire camp closing
A Camarillo camp where juvenile offenders have been trained to fight fires will close Friday, leaving only one similar camp open in California, authorities said Wednesday. Youths who have been trained...
View ArticleMeet and Confer Notices: December 30, 2011
Meet and Confer Notices for the Week of December 30, 2011 including: AB 109 Institution Conversion - CIW Supervisory AB 109 Institution Conversion - CCI AB 109 Institution Conversion - CCI...
View ArticleFortuna police arrest Loleta high-speed chase suspect
The Fortuna Police Department arrested a parolee -- wanted for leading authorities on a high-speed chase and weapons-related charges -- Thursday afternoon after receiving a tip from the Rio Dell...
View ArticleMan surrenders to police after holding out in apartment
A wanted man surrendered to police Thursday night after refusing to come out of an apartment. Bakersfield police were called to the 500 block of H Street at about 4:23 p.m. for a report of a wanted...
View ArticleDecember 30, 2011
This is CCPOA's 5150 information hotline for Friday, December 30, 2011. CCPOA NEWS Meet & Confer Notices – CCPOA has responded with requests for Meet & Confer discussions regarding four new...
View ArticleNew warden at San Quentin State Prison
A Folsom Prison official has been named as the new warden at San Quentin State Prison. Kevin Chappelle, the chief deputy warden at Folsom State Prison, will step into the top post at the Marin County...
View ArticleAdelanto seeks 6,100-bed prisons from CDCR
Negotiating with the state to build a new prison, attracting industrial development and promoting recreation options at the city's first high school are among Adelanto's top priorities for 2012. The...
View ArticlePension reform debate is about to heat up
The next few weeks will draw the lines more sharply in the 2012 debate over public employee pensions. A road map: On Monday, the attorney general's office expects to issue the titles and descriptive...
View ArticleEditorial: Prison progress, at last
A decade after the state of California agreed to improve inmate health care in the state prison system, it is finally on track to fulfill that agreement. This week, the Department of Corrections and...
View ArticleCCPOA Member Alert: Parole Agent Update
The agent that was shot on January 4 in Lake View Terrace was transported to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery later that evening. Prior to surgery, he was sitting up in the hospital bed,...
View ArticleIllinois pension reform signed into law
Public employees can no longer rely on some loopholes to inflate their state benefits, including one that allowed two union officials to qualify for teachers’ retirement perks after a single day in...
View ArticleJerry Brown budget would slash 3,000 state jobs, merge departments
Gov. Jerry Brown's 2012-13 budget proposal would cut state government by a few thousand jobs and consolidate nearly 50 state organizations, while avoiding furloughs. Brown's plan would reduce the...
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