RIVERSIDE – The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), along with the CHP Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA), extends a very warm welcome to the hardworking dispatchers who are currently training at the Ben Clark Training Center in Riverside and recently signed up for union membership.

CHP-PSDA Director David Arriola conducted a new employee orientation for the dispatchers on April 22, 2025.

Arriola provided lunch courtesy of CHP-PSDA and spoke to the dispatchers about the jobs they are training for as well as the benefits and services obtained through CSLEA membership.

“Welcome to these very important public safety professionals who are beginning a first responder career with the State of California. Their training can be intense and is very detail oriented. We stand ready to assist them as their union leaders and representatives.” said CSLEA President Alan Barcelona.

The dispatchers are assigned to communications centers throughout California, including in El Centro, Ventura, Fontana, Los Angeles, Chico, and Vallejo.