On August 24th, 2017
SAN BERNARDINO - It started with a post on Facebook. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association Member Eduardo Palomares, a police officer at Patton State Hospital, saw something that caught his eye. A 23-year-old whose dreams of following in his father’s footsteps by becoming a police officer came to a crashing halt at the age […]
On October 31st, 2016
By Member Services Representative Jim Laughlin ATASCADERO - On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) hosted a Membership Outreach BBQ at Atascadero State Hospital (ASH). It’s CSLEA’s way of saying thank you to the hardworking members at ASH who help keep staff, patients, and the public safe. It is also […]
On November 19, 2014, CSLEA sent a cease and desist letter to DSH demanding that that the Department immediately cease any consideration of replacing HPO jobs with inferior private security. Not only is this insulting to the Hospital Police Officers who dedicate their lives to the Department, it is also troubling, because the Department is stating […]
On June 20th, 2013
It happens every day, every afternoon and every night. Sworn peace officers are sent out on their jobs wearing bullet proof vests beneath their police uniforms and badges, they drive marked police patrol cars with lights and sirens, their job is to protect and serve, but their department does not allow them to carry one […]
On June 4th, 2013
Coalinga, CA - On Sunday, June 2, hospital police officers at Coalinga State Hospital arrested two heavily armed suspects involved in a domestic violence situation. The sworn officers are not allowed to carry firearms on duty yet they were dispatched to a call in which they encountered a loaded shotgun, two loaded handguns, nearly 200 […]
