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 American Games in Costa Rica where her 13-year-old daughter, Sophia, represented the United States of America competing in […]
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The Calm, Cool & Collected Behind CHP’s 911
SACRAMENTO – It is not often that people get to see the work that a California Highway Patrol (CHP) dispatcher does, day in and day out. Anyone who has ever called a CHP dispatch center has heard it, but most never see it. “CHP dispatchers are unique individuals who can essentially bottle and cap their […]
CSLEA and CHP-PSDA Greet Dispatchers at Los Angeles Communications Center
LOS ANGELES – On September 27, 2016, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Legal Counsel Danielle Hash, CSLEA Member Services Representative Shelley Bishop and CHP-Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA) Treasurer Steve Fulton met with CHP dispatchers at the Los Angeles Communications Center for a lunchtime meet and greet. “Our thanks to the CHP-PSDA […]
The Things That Make Us Nervous
LOS ANGELES – There are a lot of life-threatening things that could make California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Member Cynthia McKinney extremely nervous in her job as a CHP dispatcher, so it brought a smile to our faces when she explained the high anxiety that screamed through her veins the day she was escorted […]
CSLEA Welcomes SCIF Investigators and CHP Public Safety Dispatchers
SANTA ANA – The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) would like to extend a warm welcome to our new members who met with CSLEA Member Services Representative Shelley Bishop during the first week of May. Bishop met with State Compensation Insurance Fund Special Investigators Norbert Redekosky, Samantha Favdoa, Geoff Maxwell, Brian Steffanson and Lisa […]
CHP Dispatcher Elizabeth Yelton Receives 9-1-1 Heroes Award
SACRAMENTO- When a worried father called 911 in January to ask for help after his son sent text messages in which he was threatening to kill himself, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Member and CHP Public Safety Dispatcher Elizabeth Yelton went above and beyond the call of duty to find the son, call him, […]
Congratulations to Fresno Area CHP Dispatcher of the Year Laura Herrera
FRESNO- On April 8, 2016, California Highway Patrol Public Safety Dispatcher Laura Herrera was presented with a 2016 Fresno Area CHP Dispatcher of the Year award for her continued and outstanding contribution to public safety, the CHP and her colleagues at the Fresno Dispatch Center. Herrera began her law enforcement career with Selma Police Department […]
CSLEA & CHP-PSDA Meet With New CHP Public Safety Dispatchers in West Sacramento
WEST SACRAMENTO – The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Membership Services team knows how stressful training for a new job can be, and when you throw in the added ins-and-outs of becoming a State of California employee, things can get a little complicated and confusing pretty quick. That’s why CSLEA representatives and CHP Public […]
Governor Brown Signs CSLEA Sponsored and Supported SB 1025
On June 28, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1025. SB 1025, sponsored and supported by the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), updates CHP public safety dispatcher & CHP public safety operator job titles in state statute. This is a language change only. As a result of collective bargaining agreements more […]
Congratulations To Jennifer Campbell Public Safety Dispatcher Of The Year 2014
Congratulations to CSLEA Member and CHP Public Safety Dispatcher Jennifer Campbell for receiving the Eureka CHP Communications Center 2014 Public Safety Dispatcher of the Year award. Jennifer Campbell joined the California Highway Patrol in 2009 after working for the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. She is an outstanding dispatcher and well respected by her peers, allied […]