CCPOA news
May 18, 2012
Long Beach Police, D.A. investigating officer-involved shooting
Long Beach Police Department Homicide detectives and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office have launched an investigation into an officer-involved shooting of a parolee and suspected gang-member who allegedly pulled a gun on a patrolman, police said Friday morning.
The incident occurred at about 11:55 p.m. in North Long Beach, said Nancy Pratt, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
The officer was patrolling the area of Atlantic Avenue and East 51st Street when he spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, Pratt said...
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
May 18, 2012
POLICE SEEKING PAROLEE AFFILIATED WITH GANGS
Patrick Alex Newborn, 24
Wanted: Newborn is a documented gang member wanted for violating parole. He has a criminal history that includes felony domestic violence and firearms- and narcotic-related charges.
Description: Black, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 155 pounds, black hair, brown eyes.
Frequented areas: He is known to frequent El Cajon and the Mid-City area of San Diego...
LINK - UTSanDiego.com
May 18, 2012
Police chase comes to screeching end in Linda Vista
A police chase through Linda Vista ends in a neighborhood with two men in handcuffs Thursday night.
San Diego police say their gang unit recognized the driver as a gang member and parolee at large. His name is Ying Yang.
Officers tried pulling Yang over, but instead he led officers on a high speed pursuit through Linda Vista...
LINK - 760kfmb.com
May 18, 2012
Parolee arrested in Fresno after brief standoff
A wanted parolee was taken into custody after a standoff Sunday afternoon in northwest Fresno, police said. The 36-year-old man was seen by officers in the 4900 block of North Holt Avenue in front of his mother's apartment. When he saw the officers, he ran into the home.
About an hour later, he was found by a police dog hiding in a closet.
He was arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail...
LINK - FresnoBee.com
May 18, 2012
State Loses Contact with Sex Offender Near Buellton
State Parole officials are searching for a sex offender that they have lost contact with, earlier in the week.
Officials say Albert Lee Allen was last detected near Buellton on Wednesday.
According to the California Department of Corrections, an alert came through around 2:50 p.m. that Allen's monitoring device had been cut.
Agents an hour later recovered the cut bracelet...
LINK - KCOY.com
May 18, 2012
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May 18, 2012
LAO says CA Budget in excess of $17 Billion
California's budget deficit is likely worse than Gov. Jerry Brown's estimate of $15.7 billion, the state's top fiscal analyst indicated Friday.
Brown proposed a $91.4 billion general fund budget Monday that slashes health and welfare programs, courts and state worker pay. His proposal also relies on voters temporarily raising taxes on sales and wealthy earners to help cover this year's budget gap and deficits in future years.
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said Friday that Brown's revenue forecast is "reasonable," though the Analyst's own projection is still $550 million below the governor's through June 2013. On top of that, the LAO warned that Brown's estimate of money available from former redevelopment programs could be overstated by $900 million...
LINK - SacBee.com
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View the May Revise Report from the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) HERE
May 18, 2012
DeWitt conversion plans funding approved
California officials this week approved funding for the renovation of the mothballed DeWitt Nelson Youth Correctional Facility in southeast Stockton, preparing it to house state prison inmates who need mental health treatment.
It would serve as a satellite prison and treatment facility for adjoining California Health Care Facility, currently under construction. Work on DeWitt, however, was put on hold in December while officials gauged the impact of realignment, the plan to shift inmates from state prisons to county jails.
Separately, Nathanial K. Elam, most recently the chief executive of the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, was named the first CEO of the new Health Care Facility...
LINK - CHCFStockton.com
May 18, 2012
California legislators move to let law enforcement officers shield property records
California lawmakers took a major step Thursday toward carving an exception in public records law that they said would enhance the safety of peace officers, judges and other law enforcement personnel.
Without a dissenting vote, the Assembly passed legislation that would allow counties to create a program allowing law enforcement personnel to redact names from property records available to the public.
Assembly Bill 2299 passed the lower house, 68-0. It now goes to the Senate...
LINK - SacBee.com
May 17, 2012
2012 CCPOA Endorsement List
CCPOA's endorsement list of 2012 candidates by district. Districts highlighted in green represent districts that contain at least one CDCR institution.
