CCPOA news
May 22, 2012
CalFire crews have training in preparation
A unit purchased with a Department of Homeland Security grant about four months ago will be stationed with the Shasta-Trinity Unit in the Redding area, Capt. Kyle Johnson said.
"We're pretty excited about it," Johnson said. "The guts are the same (as the vehicle being replaced), but it's a little different so we're trying to get as many people oriented to it as possible."
The engine in the command center, which is the sixth one to be put into service state-wide, is the same as those on the newer engines, which will make things easier for the mechanics, Johnson said...
LINK - RedBluffDailyNEws.com
May 22, 2012
Gov appoints wardens at Mule Creek, CMF, Wasco, others
APPOINTMENTS
By Governor. Contact: 916 445 4571.
Senate confirmation not required.
As chief of the contract beds unit, CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Dalinda Harman, 48, Sacramento, Democrat, chief community correctional facilities administrator, CDCR. Salary: $130,668.
To Council on Mentally Ill Offenders: Manuel Jimenez, 54, Turlock, Democrat, mental health director, Merced County. No compensation.
As warden, Wasco State Prison: John Katavich, 48, Bakersfield, Democrat, acting in the role since 2011. Salary: $130,668.
As warden, Mule Creek State Prison: William Knipp, 49, Gold River, Republican, acting in the role since 2011. Salary: $130,688.
As warden, California Medical Facility: Vimal Singh, 46, Elk Grove, Democrat, acting in the role since 2011. Salary: $130,688.
May 22, 2012
Symptoms of system in shambles - AB 109 Editorial
There was a lot of skepticism last year when Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 109 into law. As it turns out, it looks like the skeptics had it right.
AB 109 triggered the governor’s realignment strategy, which involves shifting low-level offenders from the state prison system to county jails throughout California.
At first glance, the plan seems to have the advantage of simplicity — the U.S. Supreme Court leans on the state to improve its process of crime and punishment, so inmates get shuttled off to local jails...
LINK - LompocRecord.com
May 22, 2012
Sex offender who removed ankle bracelet caught
A registered sex offender accused of cutting off his electronic ankle bracelet has been found, and is back in custody.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies say Albert Lee Allen was arrested for no bail parole violation. Investigators say, an off-duty officer spotted Allen walking his dog and recognized him last Friday in Buellton. Deputies say they were able to arrest him shortly after he was spotted...
LINK - KSBY.com
May 22, 2012
Sex offender confesses to masturbating in laundry mat
Police arrested a high-risk sex offender Saturday night after a woman reported she saw him masturbating at a local laundry mat.
The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Robert Castaneda, was booked into the custody of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of indecent exposure.
The Porterville Police Department reports that at approximately 9:10 p.m., officers responded to the laundry mat in the sub-100 block of North D Street where the woman reported that an Hispanic man entered the business and was acting strange. She said a that a short time later, she saw the man masturbating in the corner of the building, the PPD reports. When she told him she was calling the police, he fled from the business on foot...
LINK - RecorderOnline.com
May 21, 2012
After 70 mph chase former inmate hits, runs, arrested with meth matter
On May 20 at approximately 4:22 pm a Woodland police officer was on routine patrol in the area of Matmor Road and East Main Street, when he saw the driver of a 1995 Jeep Cherokee pass him southbound on Matmor Road. The officer followed the Jeep and attempted to make a traffic enforcement stop for a seat belt violation on the driver.
After the officer initiated his emergency lights, the driver of the Jeep Cherokee accelerated southbound on Matmor Road and failed to yield to the officer. The driver of the Jeep drove through the posted stop sign at Matmor Road and East Gum Avenue and continued to accelerate as he neared the intersection of Gibson Road...
LINK - WoodlandRecord.com
May 21, 2012
City CCFs plan on re-opening?
Several community correctional facilities in Kern County will remain empty for at least a little while longer, but the cities are preparing for the inmates that may once again fill their buildings.
The facilities in Shafter, Taft and Delano have been without inmates since the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ended its contracts with them last year when offenders were returned to counties under realignment. Since then, hopes for refilling the correctional buildings have hinged on securing contracts with counties to shelter their inmates...
LINK - BakersfieldCalifornian.com
May 21, 2012
Suspected Hemet Burglar Crashes Into Sheriff’s Deputy, Tries to Run
A man who police say crashed into a Hemet sheriff's deputy while trying to flee the scene of a crime in a stolen car was locked up without bail in the Banning jail Monday.
James Anton Condon, 35, was arrested Sunday and booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional facility on several felony charges of burglary, car theft, and violating state parole, according to jail records.
Sheriff's Sergeant John Morin says Condon was spotted Sunday leaving the scene of a reported burglary in Valle Vista, off Florida Ave. and the Ramona Expressway, and a deputy tried to pull him over...
LINK - Banning-Beaumont.Patch.com
May 21, 2012
Gov. Corbett adds pension reform to budget agenda
It's an iceberg on the horizon. A vicious Pac-Man chomping larger and larger chunks out of the state's upcoming spending plans. A massive gorilla lurking the hallways of the Pennsylvania Capitol.
The commonwealth's pension liability for public employees is about to make state budgeting even more of a nightmare, and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett has put pension reform next on his to-do list...
LINK - Post-Gazette.com
May 21, 2012
Corrections officer killed, 19 injured in prison riot
The Adams County sheriff said gang activity caused a riot that killed a guard and injured 19 people at a privately-run prison that holds illegal immigrants.
Authorities say a guard was killed and, at one point, hostages were taken during a riot at a Mississippi prison that holds illegal immigrants.
More Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said Monday the slain guard was beaten to death by inmates on the roof of one of the buildings Sunday...
LINK - WAPT.com
