On March 19th, 2015
By Ryan Navarre CSLEA Senior Legal Counsel In 2013, eight (8) Napa State Hospital (NSH) Hospital Police Officers (HPOs) attended the Santa Rosa Police Academy for on-duty job required training. Since the Academy was just over 50 miles from their assigned headquarters, Napa State Hospital; pursuant to Article 21.1 of the Memorandum of Understanding, the […]
On December 3rd, 2014
On December 1, 2014, CSLEA Senior Legal Counsel Ryan Navarre met with Department of State Hospitals Chief of Law Enforcement Kevin Hart and Health and Human Services Agency Special Law Enforcement Consultant Frank Parrish. Many topics were discussed during the meeting, including the following: The status of the current recruitment and retention proposal. The high […]
On October 11th, 2013
"This hospital has turned into a de facto prison," - Assemblyman Marc Levine (D- San Rafael) When a patient strangled psychiatric technician Donna Gross at Napa State Hospital nearly three years ago, a spotlight was shined on the growing population of violent patients who are sent to Napa State Hospital and four other state mental […]
