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CASI president lobbies lawmakers for better pay -- Presses case with 25 legislators and aide California Association of Special Investigators President Shelley Bishop spent three long days in Sacramento last month meeting with lawmakers to sound the alarm about the severe recruitment-and-retention problem facing the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control. Aided by California Statewide Law Enforcement Association Legislative and Political Liaison Coby Pizzotti and Political Affairs Coordinator Julia Marin, the three banged on the office doors of 25 of the most influential legislators in the capitol, meeting directly with them or their top lieutenants. More...       Negotiations have begun -- Current CSLEA contract expires June 30 Negotiations for a new contract officially started this week with the first wave of letters sent to constitutional officers, department heads, commissioners, and agency leaders asking for their help in pressing the CSLEA case with the Department of Personnel Administration for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. More...           CASI Board meets at CSLEA Conference to set 2008 negotiation strategy Hardy, Goss address members’ concerns “We never thought there would ever be a 20-percent pay difference between people who do the same thing. Senator Dills would roll over in his grave.” So spoke Alcohol Beverage Control Director Steve Hardy to a meeting of the California Association of State Investigators (CASI) Board of Directors held during the October CSLEA Conference. More...       Late June busts cap months-long ABC investigations Dangerous jobs show CASI members more than just "Alcohol Cops" Busts at three bars in Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo County) and in Citrus Heights (Sacramento County) capped months of undercover work by CASI-member Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) investigators. “Both these dangerous undercover operations highlight two very crucial facts the public and policymakers need to know,” said Shelley Bishop, president of the California Association of State Investigators (CASI), which represents investigators at the state Alcohol Beverage Control division of the Department of Business, Housing, and Transportation. More...           Applications for CASI scholarship due by July 15 The deadline for applying for a CASI scholarship is approaching. The scholarship was established to help provide a CASI member or his or her dependent the opportunity to attend a college, university or post high school vocational/technical institution. One (1) $500.00 scholarship will be awarded each year funds are available. More...