Retired
November 1, 2011
Retired Chapter Statewide Meeting
December 17, 2011 - Sacramento, CA
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December 31, 2008
San Quentin warden ends career where he started, 40 years ago
Robert Ayers, warden of San Quentin State Prison, ended his career Tuesday where he began as a guard in 1968.
Ayers' co-workers credit him with returning stability to administration of the state's oldest prison after a period when wardens there arrived and departed faster than express buses. The heads of nonprofits offering rehabilitative programs at the prison also sing his praises, saying he opened the prison to them in an effort to battle recidivism.
But Ayers' 40-year career, which includes stints as warden at Lancaster State Prison and Pelican Bay State Prison, has also had its rocky moments. In 2000, he was denied permanent appointment as warden to Pelican Bay, where a female guard filed a lawsuit against him and others, claiming they failed to properly discipline inmates who sexually harassed her.
Gov. Pete Wilson nominated Ayers, who is a Republican, for the warden's job at Pelican Bay. But Wilson's successor, Gray Davis, withdrew the nomination. Ayers retired soon after….
LINK - MarinINJ.com (The Marin Independent Journal)
November 2, 2008
Retired Correctional Officer wins California Lottery!
A retired correctional peace officer from Crescent City was announced the winner of a $75,000 prize from the California Lottery on Saturday.
Bruce Korsmeyer, who worked at Pelican Bay State Prison and in law enforcement for 27 years, won while playing Fantasy 5, the California Lottery reported in a release…
LINK - Times-Standard.com
CONGRATS TO BRUCE AND HIS FAMILY - HAPPY RETIREMENT!
April 1, 2008
Retired C.O. O’Connor Runs for Position in Iowa
Michael O'Connor of Keokuk, a Republican, has announced he is running for the Lee County Board of Supervisors from the Fifth District […]
While in college he began working as a correctional officer for the State of California. Upon graduation he transferred to San Quentin State Prison and attended Golden Gate University Law School in San Francisco. He then moved to a community correctional center, then to the Parole Division in San Francisco as a parole agent where he worked until retiring as a field supervisor in 2001 […]
O'Connor chairs the Police Subcommittee on the city council and just completed contract negotiations with the police union. He is a lifelong union member and is a member of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association where he served a job steward before retiring…
LINK - DailyGate.com
