“It’s a ticking time bomb.” – Assemblymember Yamada On Monday, August 19, HPAC and CSLEA representatives met with State Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, whose 4th Assembly District includes Napa and Sonoma Counties, to discuss safety concerns affecting the local communities and DDS Peace Officers and DSH Hospital Police Officers. “Let’s address these safety concerns before […]
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Arson, Car Crashes, Vandalism, Theft – All Part Of An Insurance Fraud Ring
A Richmond man has been indicted on 113 charges of insurance fraud and a warrant has been issued for his arrest after California Department of Insurance investigators uncovered a scheme that involved setting fire to houses, destroying property and alleging theft. Five other people, also indicted, have already been arrested. Investigators suspect Louis Houston, 49, […]
On Patrol: State Park Rangers Find 5,000 Pounds of Marijuana Plants
Marijuana plants do not typically weigh a ton, but when there are groves and groves of them, their weight really adds up. California State Park Rangers know that after discovering and helping to remove 5,000 pounds (or 2- 1/2 tons) of marijuana from seven plots of mature pot plants in Topanga State Park. Illegal marijuana […]
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) […]
Busting Those Who Buy Booze For Minors
In their on-going effort to keep alcohol from the under-21 set, California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents worked with Newark police last week in a decoy shoulder tap operation. During their five-hour operation in which an underage decoy asked adults to purchase alcohol for him/her, ABC agents busted six people, five of them for furnishing […]
Wine Country Bust – Heard It Through The Grapevine
When state investigators went undercover in Napa posing as homeowners and put out the word they were in need of home repair work, they had no shortage of people supplying bids, including 19 people who were quickly busted on charges of contracting without a license. One of those 19 is a sex offender who threw […]
11 Days And Counting… CSLEA Members Work to Contain The Aspen Fire
Sixteen to 18 hour shifts, sleeping on the ground in rugged terrain, hot temps, smoky air – that’s a week or more in the life of a California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) member out in the Sierra National Forest working to contain the Aspen fire near Lakeshore. “These folks have been here supporting the […]
ABC Agents Undercover: Drug Sales Cost Stockton Club Its Liquor License
STOCKTON – Agents of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) revoked the liquor license at the Flamingo Club in Stockton Wednesday, July 31, after a three-month undercover investigation revealed bar employees were involved in selling illegal drugs. Agents began investigating the club after the death of a 19-year-old Riverbank woman in early 2011. […]
CSLEA Holding Firm in Ongoing Contract Negotiations
Since April, the CSLEA negotiations team has been actively bargaining for a new Unit 7 contract. The parties have reached tentative agreements on numerous proposals and are in a position to finalize a deal at a moment’s notice. For the past few weeks CSLEA has been pressing Cal HR for authority to reach agreement. After […]
Rescuing Children – ABC Agents Assist In Operation Cross Country
In an effort to target underage prostitution and rescue children from commercial child sex trafficking, California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents, who are members of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), recently assisted the FBI and local law enforcement officers in a 72-hour operation called Operation Cross Country VII. “In California, Operation Cross Country […]
