There is no question navigating the water at Lake Perris State Recreational Area has become, in some parts, very much like boating through an obstacle course. This is no ordinary lake debris. The items boaters and anglers are encountering consist of giant tractor tires and sunken vessels. Their sudden appearance and hazard is blamed on […]
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CSLEA and RPPOA Respond To Recent Recommendations of Parks Forward and California Research Bureau
This past week two reports were released recommending a major overhaul of the California Parks system. Each report acknowledge the historical difficulties with antiquated systems for budgeting and tracking expenditures and other data to make the system cost effective. But two of the recommendations, creating a non-peace officer career path for Department of Parks and […]
Sand Entrapment – Training For The Response & Rescue
It is frightening to think that someone enjoying a day at the beach, simply digging in the sand, could quickly end up in a life-threatening situation and possibly die as a result. That is what happened in Half Moon Bay in July 2014. A young man died after a hole he was digging collapsed and […]
RPPOA Interim Board Adopts Bylaws and Schedules Election
At its meeting on January 21, 2015, the Resource Protection Peace Officers Association (RPPOA) Interim Board adopted Bylaws for the CSLEA affiliate and set the timetable for its first election. The nomination period for RPPOA president and/or director has been declared open effective January 23, 2015 through the close of business on February 23, 2015. […]
RPPOA ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF AFFILIATE SUB-COMMITTEES
The Resource Protection Peace Officers Association (RPPOA) Board of Directors is pleased to report an increased interest in RPPOA membership and participation. As a result the Board has been discussing the development and implementation of sub-committees within our association. These RPPOA sub-committees will function as a pillar in our push to improve working conditions, unify […]
RPPOA Members From State Parks Dive Team Explore Protected Underwater Parks
SANTA BARBARA – On November 24, 2014, California State Park Peace Officers Geno Lucich and James Bray participated in an underwater event designed to draw attention to protected underwater parks along the coast of California, particularly those in the area of Santa Barbara. “The divers who participated were on the State Parks Dive Team and […]
CSLEA Member -State Park Ranger Bob Peek Receives Special Act Award For Off-Duty Life-Saving Rescue
We fist told you about State Park Ranger and California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) member Robert Peek in April of last year when he and his wife were awoken by a loud pop in their Idyllwild home at 2:30 a.m. Easter Sunday. He thought it was gunfire. “It sounded just like a gunshot, like […]
Accident Small In Nature, Response Big in Nurture
When a small boy fell from a railing at the Frazier Skate Park last month (July 25, 2013), the incident may have been small in nature to those who helped, but it was also huge in nurture. “The young boy, about 10 years old, was without his parents,” said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) […]
Preventing Disaster – State Parks Peace Officers in Malibu Stop Illegal Ground Fire Activity
With California’s tinderbox conditions this summer, it is hard to believe anyone would spark a flame in areas prone to wildland fires, but people do, and that is when California State Parks peace officers march in. “Stopping illegal and dangerous activity that can cause wildland fires is a regular duty for State Parks peace […]
State Park Rangers Welcome Opportunity To Lead The Way For RPPOA
In an effort to renew the Resource Protection Peace Officers Association(RPPOA) affiliate within the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), an interim board of directors is being formed. On July 16, 2013, State Parks Peace Officer Rangers Lee Hawkins (Malibu), Robert Pickett (Hungry Valley), and Matthew Yarbrough (Tahoe) met at CSLEA headquarters in Sacramento […]
