Holiday Message -- From HPAC President Karen Meredith These next six months will be some of the most trying times for HPAC members. We will be in negotiations with the state for a new contract. But if past is prologue, I think we’ll emerge from it much better off, in part because of the good working relationships we’ve developed this past year with the administrations at the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and Department of Developmental Services (DDS). More...
Court Rules Withdrawal of Private Security Contracts Renders Litigation Moot Court Finds No Evidence Department of Mental Health Intends to Utilize Private Security at Napa State Hospital As reported previously, on July 24, 2007, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) filed suit against the Department of Mental Health (DMH) challenging contracts which authorize the use of private security companies to perform work at Napa State Hospital (NSH).
In order to address staffing shortages created by the State's failure to equitably compensate and to actively recruit and retain Hospital Police Officers (HPO), NSH Administration entered into contracts with two private security companies to perform work which has historically been adequately and competently performed by HPO's. More...
HPAC Board meets at CSLEA Conference to set 2008 strategy
The Hospital Police Association of California Board of Directors and two site representatives held a day-long meeting during the recent CSLEA Conference to, among other things, layout a plan for negotiations with the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA).
Attending were:
• Karen Meredith, President, Patton State Hospital
• Lorenzo Indick, Vice President, Lanterman State Hospital
• Edward Berard, Secretary, Coalinga State Hospital
• Kevin Moore, Treasurer, Coalinga State Hospital
• Scott Tibbitts, Board Member, Atascadero State Hospital
• Brian Davis, Board Member, Atascadero State Hospital
• Robert Johnson, Site Representative, Patton State Hospital
• Lonnie Smith, Site Representative, Napa State Hospital
The HPAC Board heard presentations from CSLEA Senior Vice President Richard Carrillo, CSLEA attorneys Ryan Navarre and David De La Riva, CSLEA Political and Legislative Affairs Director Coby Pizzotti, and communications and media consultant Tony Malandra. More...
What we are part of -- President's Message You can also find this story on the CSLEA web site. I wanted it posted on our site as well, for one simple reason: these are our CSLEA family members on the front lines.
I can’t think of another public safety organization in the world that I would be more proud to belong to than ours. More...
Arco helps execute USPS, CDC&R search warrants More heroics from HPAC canines lead to black-tar heroin in Riverside post office When the United State Post Office and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Special Services Unit needed a hand – or, in this case, a paw – in executing search warrants this month, they turned to Arco.
The Belgian Sheppard belongs to neither agency, but is instead a member of the Coalinga State Hospital Police Department. More...
