SACRAMENTO – An Oceanside Fire Department lifeguard was the sole recipient of this year’s Governor’s Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Awards....

  SACRAMENTO – California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) officers and directors met at CSLEA headquarters September 14, 2017...

RIVERSIDE –  The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) would like to thank its members, directors and staff who attended the...

CSLEA has received a number of inquiries from members about a new deduction “CERBT” found on their pay warrants. This deduction is not part of...

RIVERSIDE – The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and its affiliate, CHP Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA)...

At the bargaining table last year, CSLEA and its affiliate representatives made compelling arguments on necessary pay increases for a number...

GOLETA -  In an effort to keep our members at the Santa Barbara Regional Lab updated on labor related issues, representatives from the California...

SACRAMENTO – Three Atascadero State Hospital (ASH) Police Officers (HPOs) will receive “Out-of-Class” compensation dating back to August of 2014,...

SACRAMENTO -  On September 20, 2017, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers arrested four suspects who allegedly harvested abalone with a recreational fishing license then sold it on the black market for profit. The arrests followed a five-month...

CAMARILLO – On September 14, 2017, investigators from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the Camarillo Police Department, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, and the Ventura County Auto Theft Task Force (VenCATT), culminated...

SACRAMENTO – The California Alcoholic Beverage Control Agents (CABCA) Board of Directors is proud to announce, that this October, California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents will join more than 190 public safety agencies across the country that...

DEVORE – California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents teamed with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on September 15-16, 2017 to protect the more than 37 thousand attendees at the Nocturnal Wonderland event at the Glen Helen Amphitheater...

SANTA ANA –  On September 18, 2017, a federal jury convicted a physician assistant who worked at a Fountain Valley medical clinic for writing prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a medical purpose. “This case is the result of an...

SACRAMENTO – In the world of forensic science and criminal justice, there is a group of public safety professionals that sometimes goes unnoticed.  These professionals respond to homicide scenes, they are involved in rape investigations, and investigations...

  LOS ANGELES -  On September 15, 2017, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and California Association of Criminal Investigators (CACI) Member Amber Driscoll, an investigator at the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)...

Los Angeles - On September 14, 2017 the California Labor Commissioner’s Office announced that it cited 14 garment manufacturers and contractors $372,135 for labor law and garment registration violations, following inspections of 18 garment manufacturers...

  REDDING - On Friday, September 15, 2017, agents with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and officers with the Redding Police Department conducted a minor decoy and shoulder tap operation targeting underage drinking and...

CARLSBAD -  On August 17, 2017, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association Seasonal Lifeguard Member Alex Shaner, 26, suffered a broken neck while bodysurfing during a break in his lifeguarding  duties as a City of Carlsbad lifeguard.  He also worked...

SANTA ROSA -   On September 12, 2017, business owners Christopher Miranda and Pamela Malfa each plead no contest to multiple counts of grand theft stemming from an investigation into the operation of their business, West Coast Auto Craft, located in Windsor...

POMONA – Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issued citations to 71 people who were caught fraudulently using Disabled Person Parking Placards (DPPP) at the Los Angeles County Fair on September 10. “Many people applaud...

STOCKTON -  California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Member and CHP Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA) Director Tara Oceguera must be bursting with pride this week.  She and her family have just returned home from the Pan...

  SAN CLEMENTE – When California State Parks seasonal lifeguards witnessed a boat off the shore of Calafia State Beach on the morning of September 10, 2017, something didn’t seem quite right to them.   They immediately notified State Parks peace...

Sacramento – Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigated 35 locations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties in an effort to combat unlicensed vehicle dismantlers. During a two-day enforcement operation on...

VISALIA – On September 7, 2017, two brothers from Lindsay, were handed lengthy sentences for gang crimes related to 2015’s Operation Red Sol gang sweep.  Operation Red Sol was a large-scale wiretap operation conducted by California Department of Justice...