They couldn’t stop the wreck between a U-Haul truck and a car but our California Department of Insurance (CDI) detectives sure did put the brakes on the suspected insurance fraud that followed. “This appears to be a staged auto collision involving four people back in December of last year,” said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association […]
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ABC Agents Quick On The Draw
What was a San Diego State student doing with no fewer than nine firearms, ammunition and a gas can in the trunk of his car? His intentions, if any, may never be known, but it is a fact, two California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents made a […]
“911 What’s your MINISTRY?”
It is not an emergency, it is a heart’s desire. That’s why California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) representative/member and CHP dispatcher Carmen Zaragosa is hanging up her headset and following a calling to do ministry in Israel with her husband and 13-year-old son. For 16 years, Zaragosa answered emergency calls for help at the […]
Quick DNA Evidence Work Leads To Suspected Rapist’s Arrest
Move over crime t-v! Hollywood’s got nothing on our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are criminalists with the California Department of Justice (DOJ). Our criminalists in the DNA program at the Central Valley Crime Lab and the Richmond DNA Lab played a lightning speed role in the arrest of a suspected rapist […]
On Its Own: Bear Cub Saved By Department Of Fish And Game Wardens
A small bear cub orphaned in Ojai is alive and being taken care of thanks in part to our state Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens. Someone witnessed the 10-pound cub without its mother for three days. Over the weekend, A DFG warden who was called to check it out, inspected the area where […]
The Space Shuttle Endeavour Now Under the Protective Watch Of Our CSLEA Museum Security Officers
The space shuttle Endeavour wrapped up a long and often delayed 3-day journey from LAX to the California Science Center where it will go on display October 30. It arrived at Exposition Park in Los Angeles nearly an entire day late and is now in a hangar, where our CSLEA members who are museum security […]
Our Cal EMA Computer Experts At Work In Louisiana
A Folsom father of four and his three colleagues from Sacramento, all IT and telecommunications experts with the state of California, are getting quite a kick out of all the attention they are getting this week. After all, computer tech work is their expertise and their job. So why are they in the spotlight? Their […]
The Tragic Shooting Death Of California Highway Patrol Officer Kenyon Youngstrom
Here at the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) we are deeply saddened by the shooting death of California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Kenyon Youngstrom. Our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Youngstrom’s family, friends and fellow officers during this time of overwhelming grief. Our thoughts and appreciation are also with our CSLEA members who […]
Congratulations to Our CSLEA/AMCOS Motor Carrier Specialists
Fatal Accidents Involving Trucks Dropped 40 Percent How good are our CSLEA/AMCOS Motor Carrier Specialists? They are top-notch, according to The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The IACP will award first place honors in the National Law Enforcement Challenge to the California Highway Patrol, Commercial Enforcement Program (CEP). Motor Carrier Specialists are part […]
Senate Unanimously Passes Bill To Arm Hospital Police
The California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 2623 (State hospitals: peace officers) sending it to Governor Jerry Brown. AB 2623 would require the State Department of State Hospitals, by June 30, 2013, to adopt a policy regarding arming peace officers of state hospitals under its jurisdiction while performing security functions outside the secure area of […]
