September, 2013 - Riverside Sheriffs' Association

The Official Publication of the Riverside Sheriffs’ Association 

All Points 

Issue 9 • September, 2013 

Bulletin 

Celebrating 70 years of serving 

those who serve others 

2013 Scholarship 

Recipients 

RSA’s Annual Award To Scholars 

See page 4


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Bulletin 

Celebrating 66 years of serving 

those who serve others 

Notices 

Schedule of 2013 RSA Board meetings 

Meetings are held on a monthly basis (except December and January when no meetings 

are held). Regularly scheduled meetings are on the second Thursday of each month. For 

more information, check the website at www.rcdsa.org. 

Important Benefits notice!! 

• Benefit designations for life insurance are important. Please review them frequently. 

• Be sure to enroll a newborn with the Trust within 30 days of birth. Contact the 

Benefits Office at (951) 653-8014. 

• If you marry or enter a domestic partnership, contact the Benefits Office at (951) 

653-8014 within 30 days of marriage or entering the partnership. 

• If you divorce or terminate a domestic partnership, contact the Benefits Office at 

(951) 653-8014 within 30 days of divorce or termination. 

• If you become a legal guardian, adopt a child, or become legally separated, contact 

the Benefits Office at (951) 653-8014 within 30 days of the event. 

• To ensure coverage, please respect these deadlines. Remember that the 

department does not notify the Benefit Trust of these changes. 

• Please notify the Benefits Office of any changes in your address. 

• Please provide dependent substantiation documents to the Benefits Office when 

requested to avoid cancellation of your dependent’s coverage. 

RSA Legal Defense Alert!! 

Always consult with an association representative/lawyer before responding to any 

report, letter, memo and/or questions concerning an investigation that could possibly 

lead to punitive action. If ordered to do so, ask to have it recorded and read the 

following: Non-waiver statement 

“I have been refused the right to have a representative of my choice. I understand that 

I am being ordered to make a report or answer questions and that, if I do not comply 

with the order, I may be disciplined for insubordination. 

Therefore, I have no alternative but to abide by 

the order. However, by so doing, I do not waive 

my constitutional rights to remain silent under the 

5th and 14th amendments to the United States 

Constitution and under the protections afforded me 

under state law.” 

24-Hour Emergency 

LEGAL DEFENSE 

For 24-Hour Emergency 

Legal Defense call 

(800) 877-7317 

RSA Affiliations 

• Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement 

(SCALE) 

• California Coalition of Law Enforcement Associations 

(CCLEA) 

• Public Employee Staff Organization (PESO) 

• Riverside County Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation 

(RCPOMF) 

• California Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation 

(CPOMF) 

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President’s Benefits Corner corner 

People Who Put Out Wrong 

And Misleading Information 

Robert Masson 

RSA President 

Websites 

and 

blogs are 

part of our cultural 

communication, like 

books and articles. 

Since posting comments 

are part of the blog experience, we 

need to be careful that our posts do not 

encourage “bullies” to put out wrong and 

misleading information. 

Bullying is bullying. It’s the same 

whether it’s done by so-called adults 

on the internet, or by children on the 

playground. In my experience, a bully is an 

unhappy person who takes out his or her 

unhappiness by bullying others. The way 

to stop the internet/blog bully and his/her 

misleading or false information is simple: 

promptly delete the material. 

This approach is not, as some say, 

ignoring the behavior. Bullies are not 

deterred by being ignored; they try harder 

to get your attention with more outrageous 

and false comments. Deterrence is best 

accomplished by removing the bully’s 

stage by deleting irresponsible, false and 

cowardly posts. 

Unfortunately, the internet lends itself 

to bullying and misleading because of the 

cloak of anonymity; one can attack and 

avoid counterattack and responsibility. 

It is the same phenomena as so-called 

“road rage”; perfectly reasonable human 

beings flip the finger and yell at strangers, 

precisely because the other drivers are 

strangers, and because they will remain so. 

It is a cowardly thing to do. 

We teach our kids to stand their 

ground and be responsible for their 

actions. Internet bloggers need to do the 

same. Website managers should monitor 

postings and delete bullying and cowardly 

comments that have no informational 

value. Responsible media does the same. 

When websites don’t monitor posts/comments, 

bloggers have control. Responsible 

website managers monitor the site, so 

that it remains a valuable online forum 

for mutual discussion and informationsharing. 

There is no value in responding 

to or engaging a cowardly blogger. On 

the other hand, responsible debate and 

discussion should be engaged. Criticism 

is fair comment, and invites response. 

Anonymous, mean-spirited attacks betray 

the lack of courage and integrity of those 

who post them. 

The vast majority of readers of blogs 

and websites are neither bullies nor willing 

to be bullied. They want to talk and 

interact like normal human beings. They 

may not agree, they may not want to be 

friends, but at least they are willing to put 

their names behind their ideas, and they 

are willing to discuss their ideas civilly. 

To intentionally misstate facts or mislead 

people, whatever the motive, is plainly 

reprehensible and immature behavior. 

I end this article with this, my friends: 

At the end of the day the truth is the 

truth. True leaders don’t hide behind a 

cloak of anonymity or mislead people. 

They go up front with the truth. 

God Bless. 


All Points 

Bulletin 

Inside This Issue 

Scholars Recognized With RSA Award............................................4 

Grievance And L.d.t. Cases Handled Since 2012............................6 

Rsa Expands Its Influence In Sacramento.......................................7 

Surprise, Michael!...........................................................................7 

Law Enforcement’s Risk Of Having Private 

Information On The Internet.............................................................8 

How To Choose The Right Doctor For You.......................................9 

Blowing The Whistle On Police Corruption.....................................10 

The Conflict In Various Governmental Entities’ Positions Relative To 

Eligibility for Disability Retirements And Re-Employment................12 

Ride & Run in D.C. Supports Memorial.........................................15 

Federal Update: September, 2013..................................................16 

State Legislative Corner................................................................17 

RSA 2013-2014 Legislative Session 

“Hot List” Late Summer Report ....................................................18 

Military Corner..............................................................................20 

Benefits for Veterans, Reservists and Guardsmen..........................20 

Back To School Balance................................................................21 

Deputy Depot................................................................................22 

Member Service Referrals.............................................................24 

Graduations..................................................................................26 

Memorials....................................................................................27 

Puzzlers........................................................................................29 

Births...........................................................................................29 

Classifieds....................................................................................29 

Meet Your Lawmakers..................................................................30 

Rsa Board And Staff.....................................................................31 

Issue 9, 2013 

Page 3 • All Points Bulletin

Cover Story 

Scholars Recognized 

With RSA Award 

Tom Pigeon 

Contributing Writer 

Every year, the RSA recognizes the 

academic efforts of members and 

their children through the RSA 

Scholarship Program. These scholarships 

help the recipients advance their academic 

goals, placing them one step closer 

to their dreams. 

The awards range from $1,000 to 

$5,000. For the students, this money 

makes it easier to transition to their 

college of choice. For RSA members, the 

goal is usually to expand their knowledge 

to further their career goals. 

RSA invited award recipients to 

lunch at the RSA office on August 8, 

where the Board of Directors recognized 

them for their achievements. 

“This will allow me to not take out as 

many student loans,” RSA member Jessica 

Saran, who works at Court Services 

West, said. Jessica is completing her 

Bachelors Degree and is taking aim at a 

Juris Doctorate. 

Howard Hibbler, also stationed at 

Court Services West, is almost done with 

his Masters degree. He’s also paying for 

loans, about $900 per month, but the 

scholarship will “give us some breathing 

room,” he said. 

Student recipient Joseph Chaffin 

knew he was destined for engineering: 

“I’m really good at math,” he said. He 

plans to use the scholarship to help with 

housing expenses, which will free up time 

to be more involved with school. 

RSA Scholarship Award Recipients gathered at the RSA office on Aug. 8 (left to right): Jessica Saran, 

Rachel Flores, Joseph Chaffin, Susannah Hansel, and Howard Hibbler. 

Susannah Hansel said she has been 

dancing since she was two years old, and 

is now trying for theatre and a Musical 

Arts Degree. “Ultimately, I want to teach 

kids,” she said. “I just love it!” 

Rachel Flores is heading to the University 

of the Pacific to become involved 

in tissue engineering, hoping to later get 

into organ growth. 

See Scholars on page 5 


Scholars 

Continued from page 4 

Cover Story 

RSA Member Scholarship 

Program Recipients 

Adel Botros ($5,000) 

Major: Public Administration 

School: California Baptist University 

Howard Hibbler ($5,000) 

Major: Criminal Justice and Security 

School: University of Phoenix 

Robert Holt ($5,000) 

Major: Business Administration 

School: Ashford University 

Jessica Saran ($5,000) 

Major: Legal Studies 

School: University of La Verne 

RSA Student Scholarship 

Program Recipients 

Joseph Chaffin ($2,500) 

Major: Mechanical Engineering 

School: California State Polytechnic University 

Mayra Chavez ($1,000) 

Major: Administration of Justice 

School: Mount San Jacinto College 

Rachel Flores ($2,500) 

Major: Bioengineering 

School: University of the Pacific 

Abigail Gonzales ($1,000) 

Major: Psychology 

School: Chaffey College 

Susannah Hansel ($1,000) 

Major: Theatre Arts 

School: Crafton Hills College 

German Pavon ($1,000) 

Major: Psychology 

School: College of the Desert 

Estela Sanchez ($2,500) 

Major: Biophysics 

School: Pomona College 

Kyle Wilcots ($2,500) 

Major: Cognitive Science 

School: UC Los Angeles 



Secretary’s Corner 

Grievance And L.d.t. Cases 

Handled Since 2012 

Pete Kurylowicz 

RSA Secretary 

Greetings to 

all our RSA 

members! 

It’s been a while 

since I’ve written an 

article for the APB. 

There’s been a lot 

going on with me. I’ve changed assignments 

and am now working at the Ben 

Clark Training Center, AOT Unit, and 

Traffic coordinator. I’ve settled in, and 

have started talking to the membership 

as they arrived for their classes. Not to 

mention speaking to the RSA members 

who work here at B.C.T.C. I’ve answered 

quite a few questions from them about 

the contract, pay rates, benefits, etc. One 

of the most asked questions is about legal 

coverage. So, I thought about it, and 

decided to write an article on the types 

of coverage the RSA has, and give you 

an insight into the amount of coverage 

the membership has utilized in the last 

eighteen months. 

Let’s start with “Grievances”. Grievances 

are handled on the RSA side by 

Labor Representative Artemese Evans. 

Grievances usually are violations of the 

MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) 

and are covered by the Legal Review 

Committee (L.R.C.). Since I have been 

a part of the Legal Defense Trust (LDT) 

for over 10 years, I am more familiar 

with the procedures of the LDT. I asked 

Artemese Evans for a hand in explaining 

the Grievance process. 

Take it away Artemese: 

The grievance process (MOU Article 

XI, pg. 43) works like this: 

0. Pre-step: Contact the department 

to attempt to resolve the issue. If timelines 

are an issue, the grievance is filed 

to preserve timelines and a resolution/ 

settlement talk continues. 

1. RSA has 15 working days (holidays 

do not count) to file a grievance from 

the date RSA reasonably should have 

known about the injury to the employee. 

2. Within 15 working days of the 

grievance filing, a hearing has to occur 

between RSA and the respective Department 

(Probation or RSO) before an HR 

hearing officer. 

3. The hearing officer has 15 working 

days from the hearing to render a decision 

upholding or denying the grievance. 

4. If grievance is denied or the decision 

not received, we have 10 days after 

we received or should have received the 

decision to demand the issue be set for 

arbitration. 

After that there are no more 

deadlines and the case is set to go before 

the LRC to request coverage for advisory 

arbitration proceedings. If approved, the 

grievance is sent over to the attorneys 

who handle the ensuing arbitration or 

court action. 

Exceptions: 

• Some grievances are continuous 

because the injury happens over and 

over (continuous). This is rare and the 

remedy to the injury can be limited to 

the most recent instance of injury. 

• Deadlines can be extended if the 

parties agree, but is done only on rare 

occasions. 

Thank you Artemese for educating 

me, and I’m sure our members. 

Now that we have an understanding 

of how Grievances are processed, let’s 

look at the amount of Grievance cases 

handled over the last eighteen months. 

Let’s look into the Grievance coverages 

for January of 2012. In 2012 the 

L.R.C. provided coverage for twenty 

members whose rights were violated per 

the MOU. Since January of 2013 to date, 

(as we go to print) the L.R.C. covered 

another ten members. That’s a total of 

thirty members whose contract rights 

have been violated. The coverages run 

the gamut, ie denying the membership of 

a Catastrophic Time Bank, promotional 

process violations, evaluations, retaliation, 

standby duty/on call time premium 

pay, below expectations performance 

evaluations, grant related OT, denial of 

the 3% at 50 for persons hired before 

August 23, 2012 and transfer retaliations. 

Out of the thirty cases that the Legal 

Review Committee filed, we won 15, lost 

1, 2 were withdrawn by members, 11 are 

still pending evaluations, Arbitrator’s 

decision or hearing dates, and 1 was 

forwarded the Legal Defense Trust to 

Handle. 

Since we looked at the Grievance 

coverages, let’s look into the stats for 

the last eighteen months of the Legal 

Defense Trust. 

In 2012 the Legal Defense Trust 

(L.D.T.) opened 287 cases for the members, 

and closed 222 cases. There are still 

65 cases pending dispositions, ie Arbitrators 

decision or hearing dates. Here is a 

breakdown of the 2012 coverages. 

Cases won: 65 

Cases lost: 13 

Cases members did not contest or no 

appeal requested : 29 

Cases where members did not give 

LDT any further info/time expired: 73 

Members resigned retired: 7 

Attorney conference: 5 

Witnesses: 15 

Referred to the L.R.C.: 2 

Closed “Administrative Review” : 2 

Reassigned: 1 

Other: 3 

In 2013, the L.D.T. opened 19 new 

cases, year to date for the Public Safety 

Unit, also known as Probation. And year 

to date closed 37 * cases. The LEU or Law 

Enforcement Unit had opened 152 cases 

and closed 247 * cases since January 2013. 

At the present time I do not have a break 

down of the cases. 

* Some cases have been opened since 

2008 and closed in 2012 or 2013. 

Just a little bit about the Legal 

Defense Trust. When you hired on and 

came down to the RSA office for orientation 

on your medical, dental and vision 

coverage, you also spoke to someone 

from the L.D.T. about legal coverage. 

You were also provided a “green” book 

See Secretary on page 7 


Vice President’s Corner 

Rsa Expands Its Influence 

In Sacramento 

Randy Thomas 

Vice President 

As some of 

you may 

or may 

not have known, 

RSA Secretary Pete 

Kurylowicz is a Commissioner 

with the 

California Peace Officer Standards and 

Training, or “POST”. Pete fulfills a deputy 

position on the Commission and provides 

a today’s aspect into policing standards and 

training to the rest of the Commission. 

This brings great pride not only to those 

front line deputies, but also to the Association 

in knowing challenges we face here in 

Riverside are addressed first hand, to those 

who can make a change. Pete has raised 

the bar even higher coming this October; 

Secretary 


titled “Summary Plan Description and 

Plan Document of the Legal Defense 

Trust.” Hopefully all of you took the time 

to read through the Plan Document as 

it describes the coverage provided to you. 

These words should stick in your 

mind, “Course and Scope”. What do 

these words mean? It means do the job 

you were trained to do, and you will 

always be covered. We were hired and 

received training for our positions. You 

were put through an academy if we were 

hired by the Sheriff’s Department, ie 

Deputy Sheriff Academy, Corrections 

Academy, Modular Academy or you 

put yourselves through the Sheriff’s 

Academy via the community college. Just 

remember we were trained to investigate 

crimes, not commit them. 

Now I’d like to say something about 

our membership and the coverage 

provided for them via the L.R.C. and 

the L.D.T. In doing the research for this 


article I found that the RSA & L.D.T. 

have provided coverage for well over 500 

members! What I find disturbing is the 

fact that in 2012 alone, 73 members did 

not think their job or the discipline was 

important enough to them. They simply 

decided they did not want to give the 

L.D.T. /L.R.C. the information that was 

needed to win their cases or to provide 

the needed information in a timely manner 

so their appeal or writ could be filed 

to preserve their time status. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, these entities 

are here for you. They are here to 

preserve your rights in the work place. 

You pay dues for this coverage, PLEASE 

USE THEM and provide your Labor Rep 

and/or Attorney the needed information 

to work your cases. 

Thanks for your time and for reading. 

May God Bless you and keep you safe 

in your Job. 

Pete Kurylowicz Jr. 

RSA Recording Secretary 

LDT Chairman 

he was nominated and will begin severing 

as the Commission’s Chair. I’m proud of 

Pete’s professional accomplishments here 

in Riverside, but to serve as the Chair of 

the POST Commission is almost overwhelming, 

especially considering the rest 

of the Commission consists of Elected 

Sheriffs, Police Chiefs, DOJ Director and 

Sergeants from throughout California. I 

wish Pete well as he continues to make 

California the leader in providing the best 

trained peace officers in the world. 

Being a member of RSA is not just 

being a member of a local association, 

stopping at the county borders, but part 

of state-wide professional groups like 

“Big 11” (for the 11 largest police/sheriff 

associations in California). Another group 

is SoCal Association of Law Enforcement, 

or “SCALE”. SCALE is a Southern 

California regional group of law enforcement 

associations who keep abreast of 

current employment trends and promote 

the law enforcement profession. It’s within 

these organizations RSA’s influence on 

Sacramento doesn’t just extend with Pete, 

but also with President Robert Masson. 

Robert was recently elected to the Board 

of Directors for the California Peace Officers’ 

Memorial Foundation by the other 

members of SCALE. I wish Robert well as 

he represents our interest in the Peace Officer 

Memorial and serves the Foundation. 

Not only does the Foundation recognize 

and honor California Peace Officers who 

gave their lives in “The Line of Duty,” but 

the Foundation provides support to the 

family members left behind. It saddens me 

a foundation like this is needed and I pray 

for the families and friends of those Robert 

will be meeting in his Directorship. 

Stay Safe! 

Surprise, 

Michael! 

At the Aug. 8 RSA Board 

meeting, Chapt. 5 Director 

Michael McQueeney 

received a surprise birthday wish 

as Office Administrator Judy Drott 

brought out cake (later enjoyed by 

all). 


Feature 

Law Enforcement’s Risk Of Having 

Private Information On The Internet 

Do you know what information 

is available regarding you and 

your family? 

Kevin Shaw 


Many of you have become aware 

of recent events regarding high 

profile cases exposing law enforcement 

officers (LEOs) to the media 

(e.g. Christopher Dorner and Fullerton 

Six) but do you realize what happens when 

the television crews turn their cameras off? 

I will keep the officers nameless for the 

sake of this story. After a recent incident 

made headlines around the world, many 

of the officers’ names were leaked. Within 

a short period of time, the officers’ names, 

addresses, telephone numbers, email 

addresses and family members’ names 

were downloaded by numerous individuals 

from various websites. This information 

was then immediately added to blogs that 

stated what they thought of the officer. 

People were encouraged to call them and 

even go to their residence to confront 

them in person. As of today, some of those 

officers have not been able to return to 

their residence. 

With other activities occurring 

throughout the country associated with 

the “Occupy Movement”, many individuals 

are attempting to video tape the officers 

at these events as well as document 

their names and rank. Recently, it was 

reported that the Internet hacker group 

Anonymous wanted this information to 

target officers with high tech assaults by 

publishing their family information, their 

home addresses, and more. 

Many believe this information is readily 

available because of Facebook, MySpace 

or just because people use the Internet. 

This is as far from the truth as possible. I 

have found private information of officers 

who do not even have an email address, 

let alone a computer. 

As of today, there are over 185+ 

websites available on the Internet willing 

to sell LEOs’ private information (i.e. 

Intelius, LexisNexis, BeenVerified, MyLife, 

ZabaSearch, Spokeo and hundreds more). 

On 01/01/2011, California amended 

CA Government Code 6254.21 and 

6254.24. This law now states that any 

law enforcement officer (plus any family 

members living at the residence) can order 

websites having their names, addresses 

and/or telephone numbers to remove 

it from their databases for 4 years. The 

websites are further ordered to comply 

with the demand within 48 hours. 

BE IN THE LOOP! 

Check out the Members Only website where you can: 

• View exclusive members only content 

• Stay current on Association Business 

• Find contact information for your 

Chapter Director 

• View upcoming Board Meeting 

Agendas and previously approved 

minutes 

• Cast votes for Chapter Directors and 

other important RSA business 

• Provide feedback for candidates 

scheduled to meet with PAC 

• Find out the monthly username and 

password for discount tickets 

• Update your personal information 

As a reminder, if you change work locations please notify RSA so that we can 

keep you apprised of information specific to your chapter. 

Please contact the RSA office at 

951-653-5152 if you need assistance 

Law enforcement officers can remove 

this information by themselves, but it 

is like painting your house. The state of 

California does offer a free list to assist 

officers attempting removal, but is not a 

complete list and you will have to do some 

investigating on yourself, by yourself. If 

you prefer to pay someone to paint your 

house or mow your yard, you may want to 

leave it to professionals. There are several 

companies owned by retired and active 

LEOs willing to assist in this endeavor. 

About the author 

Kevin Shaw is an active duty police 

officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Kevin owns LEO Web Protect, 

a company which removes LEOs and 

their families’ private information off 

of the Internet. He has worked as an 

expert witness protecting the release of 

law enforcement information to news 

organizations and testified in front of the 

California Assembly committee regarding 

law enforcement Internet protection. 

His company (LEO Web Protect) is an 

approved vendor for: Riverside Sheriffs' 

Association, Association of Los Angeles 

Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS), Los Angeles 

Professional Peace Officers Association, 

Riverside Police Association, Anaheim Police 

Officers Association, La Habra Police 

Officers Association, Long Beach Police 

Officers Association, Brea Police Officers 

Association, Fullerton Police Officers 

Association, La Palma Police Association, 

Whittier Police Association, Oxnard Peace 

Officers Association, Irvine Police Department, 

Hawthorne Police Department, 

San Bernardino County Public Attorneys 

Association, Orange County Police Canine 

Association, and the Howard County 

Police Association (MD) 

Members of the Riverside Sheriffs’ 

Association have the option of using automatic 

payroll deduction at a substantial 

discount ($2.70 per pay period). To use 

this option, please use www.leowebprotect. 

com/rsa 

Kevin Shaw can be reached at kshaw@leowebprotect.com. 


Benefits Corner 

How To Choose The 

Right Doctor For You 

Linda Gartley 

Benefits Manager 

How did you select your primary 

care physician? Did you seek 

recommendations from family or 

friends? Did you choose the office nearest 

to where you live or work? Choosing a 

doctor is one of the most important things 

you will do in your life. You should be 

able to trust this person for his or her 

expertise, advice and to administer treatment 

that may save your life. You want 

to be sure the doctor has the training and 

background to treat your health conditions. 

Whether you use your primary care 

physician rarely or often, it’s important to 

find a doctor you like and trust. 

When choosing a doctor, you’ll need 

to ask a lot of questions, but not all 

should be directed to the prospective doctor. You’ll want to ask 

yourself several questions before you even pick up the phone 

to call a doctor. One question you may want to ask yourself is 

if your doctor’s age is a factor. Some research sites suggest that 

patients tend to prefer the bedside manner of older doctors. 

A physician with many years of experience may also have 

better clinical judgment, which could mean improved ability 

to diagnose and manage complex health problems. Studies 

have shown that if your priority is to choose a doctor familiar 

with current evidenced-based standards of care, you may 

want to opt for a younger physician. On the other hand, if you 

have multiple, complex health problems, or put a premium 

on bedside manner, you may lean toward an older physician. 

Remember, you can always research the doctor’s credentials 

and history, as well. 

Male or female doctor? Some surveys show that women 

prefer women doctors and men prefer men doctors, thinking 

that the doctor knows more about what they are experiencing. 

Others say they don’t care if they see a man or woman doctor as 

long as they are caring, skilled and professional. 

Other questions you might want to ask are how long 

you will have to wait for an appointment. Some offices have 

“open access” scheduling, in which doctors leave part of each 

day’s schedule un-booked so they can offer some same-day 

appointments. Another question might be do they keep paper 

or electronic medical records. Computer based record-keeping 

is considered a major step toward improving the quality and 

efficiency of medical care. 

Does the doctor take questions by e-mail? Less than 10% 

of patients communicate with their doctors by e-mail. Making 

contact with your doctor by e-mail conversations is great for 

Choosing a doctor 

is one of the most 

important things you 

will do in your life. 

non-emergency matters, problems or advice about a chronic 

illness, an appointment, test results, clarification of some item 

that came up during an office visit, an overlooked question, a 

medication side effect, or any question requiring only a yes or no 

answer. It’s a good direct link to your doctor, without the time 

it takes to do a telephone conversation or make a repeat trip to 

the doctor’s office. 

A good primary care provider should talk to you about preventive 

measures, like quitting smoking, eating a balanced diet, 

maintaining an active lifestyle, encourage 

you to ask questions and help make decisions 

about your care. He/She should listen 

to you and treat you with respect, explain 

things clearly and spend enough time with 

you during your appointment for you not to 

feel rushed. 

Lastly, be sure to verify that the physician 

you would like to see is in your insurance 

network. 



Legal Corner 

Blowing The Whistle On 

Police Corruption 

The Dahlia Decision: Restoring Constitutional Protections 

For Police Whistleblowers In The Ninth Circuit 

Michael P. Stone and Muna Busailah 

Stone Busailah, LLP, Pasadena, California 

On August 21, 2013 an en banc 

panel of the Ninth Circuit Court 

of Appeals published its opinion 

in Dahlia v. Rodriguez, No. 10-55978. 

The 9-2 majority overruled a previous 

Ninth Circuit opinion, Huppert v. City 

of Pittsburg (CA), 574 F.3d 696 (9 th Cir. 

2009) which held that Pittsburg Police 

Officer Huppert had no First Amendment 

protection from employer retaliation for 

his report of internal corruption to the 

FBI. The Huppert court reasoned that the 

U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Garcetti 

v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006) dictated 

this result, in part because California law 

had previously determined that the duties 

of a police officer required reporting 

internal misconduct to not only superiors 

utilizing the chain of command, but also to 

other available law enforcement agencies, 

including in the Huppert case, the FBI. 

The Huppert court relied for this 

rather extreme position on Christal v. 

Board of Police Commissioners of City of 

San Francisco, 92 P.2d 416 (1939) and a 

particular passage therein: 

“The duties of police officers are 

many and varied. Such officers are the 

guardians of the peace and security 

of the community, and the efficiency 

of our whole system, designed for the 

purpose of maintaining law and order, 

depends upon the extent to which such 

officers perform their duties and are 

faithful to the trust reposed in them. 

Among the duties of police officers are 

those of preventing the commission of 

crime, of assisting in its detection, and 

of disclosing all information known 

to them which may lead to the apprehension 

and punishments of those 

who have transgressed our laws. When 

police officers acquire knowledge of 

facts which will tend to incriminate any 

person, it is their duty to disclose such 

facts to their superiors and to testify 

freely concerning such facts when 

called upon to do so before any duly 

constituted court or grand jury. It is for 

the performance of these duties that 

police officers are commissioned and 

paid by the community.” 

Huppert , 574 F.3d at 707 (quoting 

Christal, 92 P.2d at 419). 

Christal was limited to the question 

of whether a police officer could invoke 

his right against self-incrimination before 

a grand jury and remain a police officer. 

The Christal court held that while police 

officer Christal retained his Fifth Amendment 

rights against self-incrimination, 

the exercise of those rights by refusing to 

answer in a grand jury, violated his duty 

and he thereby forfeited his job. This is 

true even though Christal’s answers would 

tend to incriminate him. 1 

The Huppert court adopted the cited 

passages in Christal as a controlling 

statement of the duties of California 

police officers, and relied upon it to hold 

that Huppert’s “official duty” extended 

to reporting law violations to the FBI. If 

Huppert’s report was part of his official 

duty, then he must therefore be acting as a 

police employee when he made his report 

to the FBI, and not “as a citizen.” 

The finding that Huppert was not 

acting as a citizen in making his report 

meant that he had no First Amendment 

protection from employment retaliation on 

account of his FBI report. The distinction 

was important as a result of the Supreme 

Court’s decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos, 

547 U.S. 410 (2006). Ceballos, a Los 

Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, 

made an internal report of what he 

believed were false statements by deputies 

in a warrant affidavit. He claimed he suffered 

employment retaliation as a result of 

pressing the issue with his superiors. The 

Court determined Ceballos’ statements 

were part of his core duties as a calendar 

deputy, and therefore were not made 

in his citizen capacity. Therefore, there 

was no constitutional protection for his 

statements. 

Since Garcetti, the Ninth Circuit 

developed a test for determining when 

a public employee’s speech is entitled 

to constitutional protection. In Eng v. 

Cooley, 552 F.3d 1062 (9 th Cir. 2009), the 

Court developed a five-part test: 

“(1) whether the plaintiff spoke 

on a matter of public concern; (2) 

whether the plaintiff spoke as a private 

citizen or public employee; (3) whether 

the plaintiff’s protected speech was 

a substantial or motivating factor in 

the adverse employment action; (4) 

whether the state had an adequate 

justification for treating the employee 

differently from other members of the 

general public; and (5) whether the 

state would have taken the adverse 

employment action even absent the 

protected speech.” 

Eng, 552 F.3d at 1070. Dahlia’s speech 

was clearly about a matter of public 

concern, because it reflected a serious 

“breach of the public trust.” See: Connick 

v. Meyers, 461 U.S. 138, 148. 

The district court, in dismissing Dahlia’s 

suit ruled (1) that his federal claim was 

barred as a matter of law because “Dahlia 

could not establish that he spoke ‘in the 

capacity of a private citizen and not a 

public employee’,” Slip Op. at 15, citing 

Eng, 552 F.3d at 1071; and (2) that “being 

placed on administrative leave does not 

constitute an adverse employment action 

for the purposes of the First Amendment.” 

Slip Op. at 15. 


Dahlia’s 42 USC § 1983 claim was 

premised on the averment that within 

days after he reported corruption in the 

Burbank Police Department (BPD) to the 

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department 

(LASD), he was placed on administrative 

leave with pay, in retaliation for his LASD 

report. 

In addressing the second prong of the 

Eng test, “speech as a private citizen,” the 

Dahlia Court noted that Garcetti turned 

on the Supreme Court’s determination 

that Ceballos’ “speech” was part of his 

core, official and professional duties and 

that Ceballos therefore could not have 

been speaking in his citizen capacity for 

First Amendment purposes. Slip Op. at 

16-17. 

Of course, whether particular speech 

falls within a public employee’s official 

duties is a highly fact-oriented question 

that entails analysis of the actual duties 

of the job the employee is expected to, 

and paid to perform. The Supreme Court 

recognized that formal job descriptions 

may bear little resemblance to the duties 

an employee is actually expected to 

perform. Thus, the “‘listing of a given task 

in an employee’s written job description is 

neither necessary nor sufficient to demonstrate 

that conducting the task is within 

the scope of the employee’s professional 

duties for First Amendment purposes.’” 

Slip Op. at 18, citing Garcetti, 547 U.S. at 

424-425. 

The Supreme Court also rejected that 

“the suggestion that employers can restrict 

employees’ rights by creating excessively 

broad job descriptions.” Id. The Court 

concluded that “the proper inquiry is a 

practical one.” Id. Courts are to apply a 

“practical” test to determine whether a 

particular communication falls within an 

employee’s core or official duties. 

The Dahlia Court found that the Huppert 

decision was flawed in its reasoning, 

because it relied on the previously cited 

passage from the Christal case, which 

the Dahlia majority wrote “reads like a 

civics textbook.” Slip Op. at 20, fn. 9. This 

Court found that the Huppert court “failed 

to heed Garcetti’s mandate that ‘the 

proper inquiry [to determine the scope 

of an employee’s professional duties] is a 

practical one’.” By relying on the sweeping 

description of the duties of police officers 

in the Christal passage, the Huppert majority 

failed to conduct the “fact-specific 

inquiry” required by Garcetti. Id. at 21. 


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The Background of 

the Dahlia Case 

Detective Angelo Dahlia was assigned 

with Detective Pete Allen as the case 

detectives on a high-profile take-over robbery 

at Porto’s, a popular Burbank eatery 

and bakery. The armed suspects, reported 

MS-13 gang members, entered through a 

back door left open for them by a female 

employee after closing, and terrorized 

employees before stealing cash receipts. 

Burbank Police (BPD) responded by 

mobilizing a large contingent of officers 

and detectives who worked around the 

clock to identify and round up suspects. 

Included in the mobilization were Lieutenant 

Omar Rodriguez (Rodriguez) and 

members of the specialized units who were 

self-styled and variously known as “the 

A-Team” and “the Gunslingers.” Dahlia 

and Allen complained that their case was 

taken over by the specialized units. They 

were barred from attending interviews of 

suspects. 

In the days that followed the December 

27, 2007 robbery, Detectives Dahlia and 

Allen observed a pattern of physical abuse 

and beatings of suspects in interview 

rooms at BPD. At one point, Dahlia saw 

Rodriguez place his gun under a suspect’s 

eye after violently “C-clamping” the suspect’s 

throat and yelled, “How does it feel 

to have a gun in your face, motherfucker?” 

As Dahlia looked on in disbelief, Rodriguez 

caught Dahlia’s stare, and slowly lowered 

his pistol to his side. 

Before long, word of this event spread 

throughout BPD, and an internal investigation 

was commenced. According to the 

complaint, there followed a continuous 

pattern of threats and intimidation of 

Dahlia to “keep his mouth shut” by 

Rodriguez and various supervisors. Dahlia 

tried to report the abuses on two or three 

occasions to his boss, Lieutenant Jon 

Murphy, who was in overall command 

of the investigation. Murphy reportedly 

rebuffed Dahlia, and told him, “Stop your 

sniveling.” Dahlia and Allen were systematically 

excluded from and prevented from 

entering in, all of the interviews of the 

suspects whose booking photos betrayed 

evidence of physical abuse, including one 

suspect with a fractured eye socket. 

The internal investigation was 

overseen by a deputy chief who obstructed 

the course of the interviews such that 

no charges against anyone resulted. 

Ultimately, Dahlia and Allen reported fully 

to the LASD and later, the FBI. Both were 

ultimately terminated. At the time of this 

writing a federal grand jury is taking evidence 

on the scandal. Ultimately, 10 BPD 

members and supervisors were terminated, 

including the deputy chief. 

Dahlia sued under 42 USC §1983 on 

the basis that his assignment to home with 

pay during the investigation constituted 

retaliation for his First Amendmentprotected 

report to LASD, because it 

was an “adverse employment action in 

retaliation” for his LASD report. 

A federal judge dismissed Dahlia’s complaint 

on two grounds: (1) assignment to 

home was not an adverse action sufficient 

to constitute retaliation; and (2) Dahlia’s 

report was his “duty” pursuant to Huppert 

and Christal, and therefore he acted as 

an employee, and “not as a citizen.” The 

3-judge panel in the first Dahlia v. Rodriguez, 

689 F.3d 1094 (9 th Cir. 2012) voted 

2 to 1 to reluctantly uphold the trial court, 

following Huppert because it was binding 

precedent, however allowing that it was 

“wrongly decided”, which clearly invited 

Dahlia, without expressly saying so, to seek 

rehearing en banc (by the full Court). 

Upon Dahlia’s application, a majority 

of the Ninth Circuit’s active judges voted 

to rehear the case en banc. 

The New Dahlia 

Opinion 

The authors of this article applied for 

and were granted leave to file an amicus 

curiae brief on behalf of the Riverside 

Sheriffs’ Association and its Legal Defense 

Trust, in support of Dahlia. The amicus 

brief urged the Court, 

1. To overrule Huppert v. City of 

Pittsburg on the basis that it is bad law; 

2. To find that assignment to home 

with pay can constitute an adverse 

employment action sufficient to establish 

retaliation; and 

3. To find that when a member goes 

outside his or her chain of command to 

report corruption to an outside agency (or 

to the public media) that member acts as a 

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Legal Corner 

The Conflict In Various Governmental Entities’ 

Positions Relative To Eligibility for Disability 

Retirements And Re-Employment 

Scott O’Mara 

Law Offices of O’Mara & Padilla 

Throughout the state of California, 

there are typically three types of 

government bodies which administer 

retirement benefits for safety people 

- CalPERS; the County Employees’ Retirement 

System of 1937, called the County 

Employees’ Retirement Act of 1937; government 

entities created by certain municipalities 

which have their own systems. 

All these systems have had similar issues 

raised relative to eligibility for a disability 

retirement and whether that eligibility 

is impacted by an employer’s inability to 

accommodate an injured worker to allow 

him/her to return to their employment situation 

when one of the various retirement 

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“citizen” and not as an employee; therefore 

the First Amendment protects the member 

from retaliation within his employment on 

account of his “protected speech.” 

The en banc 11-2 majority found in 

Dahlia’s favor on all three points. The 

opinion refers to the amicus curiae brief 

for support of the third proposition: 

“In its amicus brief, the Riverside 

Sheriffs’ Association and Riverside 

Sheriffs’ Association Legal Defense 

Trust support this chain-of-command 

distinction. See Amicus Br. at 2 (arguing 

that “a police officer’s speech on a 

matter of important public concern[ 

] should only fall outside the scope of 

First Amendment protection if it is 

made pursuant to his or her routine 

or core duties, within his or her chain 

of command, and in pursuit of his or 

her duty to report misconduct to a 

superior.” (emphasis added by Court)). 

Slip. Op. at 29, fn. 14. 

Of course, the Dahlia Court had no 

evidence before it that Dahlia’s report to 


systems has determined the worker indeed 

is not disabled from the performance of 

his/her substantial duties. 

The State Personnel Board has issued 

a decision regarding a law enforcement 

member and Government Code §1031 - a 

decision which has direct impact on state 

employees, and potentially will have 

an overflow impact on county and city 

employees. The worker involved is a 

California Highway Patrol officer who 

sought to return back to work as a peace 

officer. In the process of showing that he 

was no longer physically incapacitated 

from performing his usual and customary 

duties, he was placed in a situation where 

he had to prove not only that he met the 

CalPERS standard regarding the physical 

ability to return to work, but also could 

LASD was directed by his department. 

This circumstance could well have 

altered the opinion. Slip Op. at 35-36. 

However, the Court did find it significant 

that Dahlia’s superiors, in addition to the 

threats and intimidation, instructed him 

to not reveal the misconduct to anyone. 

“Even assuming arguendo, that Dahlia 

might normally be required to disclose 

misconduct pursuant to his job duties, 

here he defied, rather than followed his 

supervisor’s orders. As part of a “practical” 

inquiry, a trier of fact must consider what 

Dahlia was actually told to do.” Slip Op. 

at 31. 

In the context of the Dahlia facts as 

pleaded in the complaint, the Court found 

that involuntary placement on administrative 

leave could have a “chilling effect” on 

protected expression, because it reasonably 

could “deter employees from engaging in 

protected activity.” Id. at 37. 

Conclusion 

The Dahlia decision is certain to be reviewed 

and considered by federal trial and 

appellate courts throughout the country, 

pass a psychological screening required 

of peace officer candidatespursuant to 

Government Code §1031. The officer 

underwent the testing and the results led 

to two different opinions - one opinion 

being that he could return to work, and 

the other being that he could not do so 

based on the psychological screening. 

CalPERS determined independently 

that the officer was no longer incapacitated 

from performing his substantial 

duties and therefore approved his 

reinstatement from the industrial disability 

retirement. CalPERS’ position was that 

the officer had mandatory rights to his 

former position. It should be noted that 

the officer obtained a second opinion from 

as establishing a well-reasoned framework 

for applying the Garcetti holding to law 

enforcement whistleblowers who bring 

claims under the First Amendment for 

retaliation. 

Friends of Harvard: The Ninth Circuit, 

sitting as the full Court, just decided a 

very important case for peace officers’ 

constitutional rights. We participated in 

this case as Amicus Curiae (“friends of the 

Court”). We are publishing an analysis, 

and we thought you all would like to see it 

before it goes to publication. 

Stay Safe! 

Mike Stone 


Michael P. Stone and Muna Busailah and are 

the founding partners of Stone Busailah, LLP 

and participated in the Dahlia v. Rodriguez 

decision as amicus curiae. 

1 

Of course, this is no longer the law. 

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 

Garrity v. New Jersey 385 U.S. 493 (1967) 

and its progeny have made it clear that a 

public employee cannot suffer the loss of 

public employment on account of the valid 

exercise of constitutional rights. 


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an outside professional who recommended 

reinstatement. 

Despite that, the Department attempted 

to disregard the determination of 

CalPERS, stating that the CHP had the 

absolute right to determine the officer’s 

capacity, pursuant to Government Code 

§1031, and that their determination was 

binding. They relied on the premise that 

§1031 sets a minimum standard that 

is imposed upon all peace officers. The 

member’s view was that the determination 

by CalPERS that he is substantially able to 

perform his usual duties was the standard, 

and that the Department’s denial was 

a constructive medical determination 

regarding his employment and constituted 

a violation of his civil service reinstatement 

rights. 

The case spoke to the psychological 

screening, which again is a mandatory 

preemployment assessment of the psychological 

fitness of candidates for employment 

as peace officers. The emphasis is on 

pre-employment. The California Highway 

Patrol did not have routine screening to 

determine the physical or psychological 

fitness of its officers, as the only time the 

psychological screening was used was prior 

to the hiring of a new employee. In this 

case, a unilateral decision was made to 

ignore the standard practice and use the 

screening for no reason other than the 

fact that the worker was returning to his 

employment. 

The Board Decision and Order from 

the State Personnel Board emphasized 

that CalPERS members have a right to 

reinstatement to their former position, and 

this right is a mandatory right. It is not a 

fictional creation, but a statutory obligation 

and right created by the Legislature. 

Government Code §19143 states: 

At the termination of any temporary 

separation, except termination of a 

permanent or probational employee 

by layoff and termination by displacement, 

as defined by board regulation, 

the employee shall be reinstated to 

his or her former position, as defnie in 

Section 18522. 

Again, the position is that the statutory 

scheme mandates reinstatement upon 

a finding that the employee is no longer 


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incapacitated. The word “mandates” is 

very significant. 

The case goes on to review the concept 

that pursuant to the Government Code, 

a disability retirement is a temporary 

separation from employment, and that 

temporary separation such as a disability 

retirement does not result in the loss of 

permanent civil service status. Therefore, 

the employee, as a civil servant, has a 

proprietary interest in the continuation of 

his or her job, and the right to mandatory 

reinstatement is intended to protect 

the employee who has already achieved 

permanent civil service status. Again, the 

concept is that civil service status must be 

considered in the re-employment. 

The Court then further reviewed the 

issue of whether, irrespective of the injured 

worker’s mandatory reinstatement rights 

held prior to the disability retirement, the 

Department could condition his return to 

employment by requiring his submission 

for further psychological testing. The 

Court considers Government Code §1031 

(f), which states that the officer must: 

Be found to be free from any physical, 

emotional, or mental condition that 

might adversely affect the exercise of 

the powers of a peace officer. 

The Court distinguished the civil 

service employee, again restating that 

his disability was a temporary - not a 

permanent - separation from employment. 

Therefore, he maintained his civil service 

status, creating a different standard which 

must be applied by the Department. The 

CHP again tried to abrogate this, arguing 

that the obligation for capacity extends 

throughout the officer’s career, and that 

the break in service did not afford him the 

same rights he would hold without said 

break, and that §1031 gave the Department 

the right to continually review the 

capacity of its members. 

Of interest again is that the California 

Highway Patrol does not have a policy 

and procedure to utilize for all members 

for annual compliance regarding §1031. 

Therefore, the Board came back and held 

that the CHP was selectively applying 

the standards of §1031 to the mandatory 

reinstatement from disability, while ignoring 

situations where there also may be 

concerns about returning officers yet the 

standards of §1031 are not applied to them 

and to all employees. The Retirement 

Board cited the appellate decision which 

reflected this point. 

Therefore, the background check in 

the §1031 standard cannot be initiated 

by the mandatory reinstatement, and the 

employee seeking reinstatement must be 

treated like other employees. As a result, 

the returning employee’s continued employment 

should not subject that employee 

to conditions not otherwise imposed upon 

all current working employees. The Court 

acknowledged that in certain situations an 

employee’s fitness or suitability for retained 

employment may warrant the employer 

to perform a fitness evaluation if the 

circumstances warrant such a referral. A 

return to the Department from a disability 

retirement does not satisfy the threshold 

for the fitness evaluation. 

This case gives a significant view 

as to the limitations employers have in 

their unilateral reluctance to re-embrace 

employees who seek to retire, and/or when 

there is a potential conflict in medical 

opinions. 

The Court then reviews a very 

significant 1990 case - Phillips v. County 

of Fresno - and ties that in relative to 

fitness evaluations. In this case, the Fresno 

County Employees’ Retirement Association 

(i.e., Retirement Board) determined 

that an employee was not substantially 

incapacitated from the performance of 

his usual job duties, either from a physical 

or psychiatric standpoint. The Sheriffs 

Department determined that Phillips’ 

injuries created too many liabilities, and he 

needed a secondary release from a doctor 

over and beyond what the Retirement 

System determination was. Deputy Phillips 

sought reinstatement based upon the 

Retirement Board’s determination, and 

back wages during the time this process 

was being litigated. 

Government Code §31725 was enacted 

to eliminate serious economic impact upon 

an injured worker which can occur from 

inconsistent decisions between the employer 

and the Retirement Board, which 

potentially can leave an employee without 

a source of income from either retirement 

or work. This “nowhere-land” in which 

some individuals have found themselves 

exists because of the uncertainty as to 

which standard should be utilized to 

determine an injured worker’s disability or 

lack thereof. 

Some employers have taken the 

posture that even if the Retirement System 



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- whether it be CalPERS, the 

County Employees’ Retirement 

Act, or some other municipal entity 

- has found a worker eligible 

to return to his or her job, it is 

not the final determining factor, 

and the employer indeed has the 

right or obligation - particularly 

under Government Code §1031 

- to ensure the worker meets 

certain minimum standards 

for a public safety officer and 

“be found to be free from any 

physical, emotional, or mental 

condition that might adversely 

affect the exercise of the powers 

of a peace officer”. This section 

goes on to state that physical 

condition shall be evaluated by a 

licensed physician and surgeon, 

and emotional and mental 

condition shall be evaluated by 

either a physician and surgeon 

who holds a valid California 

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license to practice medicine or 

a psychologist licensed by the 

California Board of Psychology. 

The Court in several decisions 

has acknowledged that the 

employer/Retirement System 

cannot deny a disability retirement 

on the basis of no disability 

and then through another arm of 

the employment entity (such as 

the sheriff, police chief, or Highway 

Patrol commissioner) claim 

that there is a disability which 

justifies denying employment income 

to the worker. If the employer 

and the Retirement Board 

do not agree that the employee is 

entitled to a disability retirement, 

the employer’s recourse is 

to seek judicial review of the Retirement 

Board’s decision. If this 

review is not pursued, the employee 

must be reinstated, with 

the strong possibility the employer 

will have to pay back 

wages and other ancillary benefits 

for the period of time they 

denied re-employment, pursuant 

to Phillips v. County of Fresno. 

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Benefits Feature Corner 

Ride & Run in D.C. Supports Memorial 

Team seeks donations to help a good cause 

The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund is hosting 

the 3rd Annual Law Enforcement Ride & Run to Remember 

on October 12-13, 2013 in Washington, DC. The event 

will celebrate and raise awareness about the role of law enforcement 

in our communities, while raising funds to support the National 

Law Enforcement Memorial Fund. 

Participants can ride in a 55-or 30-mile bike ride on Oct. 12, a 

5K run on Oct. 13, or be “Road Warriors” and participate in both 

the ride and the run. 

RSA will again be sponsoring a team of four to travel to 

Washington, DC, for an all expense paid trip, to participate in 

both the ride and the run. Our team will be participating in both 

the ride & run. 

The team this year is: 

Tim Dunlap, Team Capt. 

I have had several years experience 

running these types of races. Since I 

joined the department I have done several 

benefit-type races, including several 

in the academy. I have always enjoyed 

running and biking. Being able to compete 

pushes the threshold of endurance 

and training, and it is nice to see the 

payoff after a good race. Competition is 

in and of itself an adventure that I enjoy. 

I was able to participate last year 

and had a fantastic time; not only the 

race, but being there with the team 

in Washington DC. I feel there is 

something very special about participating in this kind of event in 

our nation’s capital. It is very motivating! It is an honor to have 

the opportunity to be involved in the race especially for the cause 

of our fallen brothers and sisters. I hope I can motivate others to 

donate to the cause. 

Zach Taylor 

I have done this ride twice 

before and have raised more 

than $1500.00 for the memorial. 

I have raced road bikes 

competitively over the last few 

years. I have also completed 

numerous long distance 

(100 mile +) century bicycle 

rides, and maintain an active 

training program. I think the 

memorial ride is a great cause, because not only does it promote 

fitness, but it also gives families and the public an opportunity to 

remember those lost in the line of duty. The memorial is a beautiful 

place to visit if you are ever given the opportunity. 


Alicia Lopez 

I have been with the 

department for 12 years. 

I have been participating 

in races for the past year 

as a way to stay healthy 

and because I’m alive to 

do them. A year ago I was 

diagnosed and treated 

for cancer. I won and 

I’m here. When I heard 

about the opportunity to 

participate in the National 

Law Enforcement Ride & 

Run I thought what better 

way to show my thanks for 

life than to Ride & Run for those who can’t and have sacrificed so 

much. I will be participating in the 33 mile bike ride, and running 

a 5k. On my bib will be the names of two Thermal Station fallen 

Deputies, Bruce Lee and Manuel Villegas. They have made the 

ultimate sacrifice and I will Ride & Run for them as a Thank You. 

Brad Stone 

I have been riding 

bikes regularly off and 

on for the last 20 years 

while competing on the 

national level in BMX 

races, mountain bike 

racing, road biking, and 

the occasional road 

ride. I also enjoy racing 

triathlons. I have seen 

the articles on the event 

each year and wished I 

could have participated. 

It looks like a great cause 

and an awesome opportunity 

to visit where 

so much of the history of our great nation has been made. 

Additional information on the event can be found at 

RideandRuntoRemember.org. Donations to our team 

can be made on the above website by searching for the 

team under the name “Riverside Sheriffs’ Association” 

or by any of the team members’ names. Donations can 

also be mailed to Thin Blue Line Community Bike Rides, 

901 E St., NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20004. Please 

be sure to include the team’s name on your donation. 


Federal Legislative Corner 

Federal Update: September, 2013 

By Shannon Lahey 

Legislative Advocate 

We are 

pleased 

to report 

that prior to 

Congress adjourning 

for the August 

recess, the Senate 

Judiciary Committee 

passed S. 933, the “Bulletproof Vest 

Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization 

Act” by a vote of 14-3. The program 

provides state and local governments with 

50% of the cost of purchasing a protective 

vest for law enforcement officers. The bill 

would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest 

Grant Program through 2018. S. 933 was 

placed on the Senate legislative calendar 

for further action. 

S. 933 was introduced by Senator 

Leahy and cosponsored by Senator 

Feinstein. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX Jeffry 

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The program provides state 

and local governments with 

50% of the cost of purchasing 

a protective vest for law 

enforcement officers. The 

bill would reauthorize the 

Bulletproof Vest Grant Program 

through 2018. 

L. Flake (R-AZ) and Michael S. Lee 

(R-UT) voted against the bill, and Senator 

Jefferson B. Sessions III (R-AL) abstained. 

The House companion bill, H.R. 988, has 

been referred to the House Committee on 

the Judiciary. 

The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act 

was first introduced in 1998. We played 

an instrumental role in ensuring that the 

grant provided puncture resistant vests 

for law enforcement officers working in 

prisons and jails. 

Grant Awards for Riverside County 

• $30,198 in 2012 to purchase 491 

vests 

• $21,901.75 in 2011 to purchase 460 

vests 

• $88,796 in 2010 

• $35,199 in 2009 

• $41,071 in 2008 to purchase 915 

vests 

• $104,079 in 2007 to purchase 918 

vests 

• $49,400 in 2006 to purchase 800 

vests 

• $34,475 in 2005 to purchase 463 

vests 

• $22,843 in 2004 to purchase 456 

vests 

• $9,276 in 2002 to purchase 347 vests 

• $52,470 in 2001 to purchase 656 

vests 

• $32,339 in 2000 to purchase 382 

vests 

• $188,138 in 1999 to purchase 875 

vests. 

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By Tim Yaryan 

Legislative Counsel and Advocate 

Is the crime rate 

in California up 

or down? The 

answer, of course, depends 

upon how and 

when you measure it. 

The Attorney 

General recently issued 

a report “Crime 

in California 2012” 

which made some interesting findings 

about the crime rate. The report found that 

since crime rates peaked in 1992, the 2012 

crime rate was down drastically. However, 

that does not tell the real story. The more 

meaningful statistic is a current year-toyear 

comparison particularly as we try to 

measure the impact realignment has had on 

communities statewide. In this context, 

statewide rates of homicide, rape, robbery, 

and aggravated assault (violent crimes) all 

ticked up roughly 3% in 2012 compared to 

2011 levels and the advent of public safety 

realignment. There was a sinister increase 

in numbers for burglary, auto theft, and 

larceny (property crimes) as well. While it is 

not the catastrophic increase in crime that 

some had predicted, there is a measurable 

adverse impact to public safety post realignment. 

Whether this is a growing trend or 

one time aberration remains to be seen, but 

it clearly signals cause for concern! 

When we look closely at the numbers, 

we can draw some inferences. Since 

much of the responsibility for realignment 

supervision has fallen on county probation 

pursuant to AB 109, are probationers or parolees 

the biggest contributors to the recent 

increase in the crime rate? The Council 

for State Governments Justice Center was 

commissioned by several Police Chiefs and 

Sheriffs (including Chief Beck and Sheriff 

Baca) to study this issue, and came up with 

some surprising results. It has long been 

assumed by many in law enforcement that 

people on parole and probation are the 

biggest contributors to the overall crime 

rate. To put it another way, it was assumed 

that those under state or county supervision 

have the highest recidivism rate and they 

pose the greatest threat to public safety. 

This assumption would tend to support the 

argument that realignment was the cause 

for the recent increase in crime. 

After reviewing over 2.5 million arrest, 

parole, and probation records of arrestees 

in Los Angeles and several other areas 

of California from January 2008 through 

June 2011, the State Governments Justice 

Center found that seventy-eight (78%) of 

those arrested were not either on parole or 

probation, and that sixty-two (62%) had 

no prior parole or probation history at all! 

About 1 in 5 arrestees were on probation 

or parole, and, not surprisingly, most likely 

to be arrested for drug related offenses. 

The results for violent crimes were even 

more surprising! Eight-one (81%) of those 

One of the other purposes of this study 

was to assess current systems in place for 

predicting criminal behavior and designing 

a supervision system likely to generate the 

lowest recidivism rate. The state classification 

system used for parolees was generally 

fairly accurate. Fifty-one (51%) of parolees 

arrested were in the “high risk” category, 

thirty-three (33%) in the “moderate risk” 

while those labeled “low risk” accounted for 

two (2%) of arrests. 

Of concern was the probation risk 

assessment model, with the exception of the 

San Francisco model whose numbers were 

similar to parole’s, had significant deviations. 

Only five (5%) on probation labeled 

“high risk” were re-arrested, thirty-three 

(33%) “moderate risk” probationers were 

re-arrested, and thirty-seven (37%) “low 

risk” probationers failed. The inaccuracy 

of predictive behavior for those deemed 

“low risk” in particular suggests that the 

evaluation criterion needs re-examination. 

Part of the explanation may rest in the fact 

that there is much more empirical data at 

the state level, but obviously the predictive 

deviance of the probation risk assessment 

model needs work. Refining the risk assessment 

model for county probation so that it 

more accurately classifies risk and predicts 

recidivism is crucial to the deployment 

of AB 109 resources and the success of 

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, 

arrested in Los Angeles were IT’S under BIG no realignment. 

supervision. Eleven and one-half percent I have updated our Legislative “Hot 2007 

(11.5%) were on probation and seven (7%) List” (see pages 18-19) so you can see the 

were on parole. Clearly, this evidence suggests 

that the increase in crime rests with ing. I will report more on these after the 

status of some of the key bills we are follow- 

those who were first time offenders rather Legislative adjournment in mid-September. 

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State Legislative Corner 

RSA 2013-2014 Legislative Session 

“Hot List” Late Summer Report 

2013 - 2014 STATE BUDGET 

ISSUE DESCRIPTION STATUS 

COPS Funding Would authorize $106 million funding for “Cops on the Street”* Adopted in Budget 

Court Security Funding Would authorize $497.8 million for court security through 2014-15.* Adopted in Budget 

Booking Fees Would authorize $31 million in reimbursement.* Adopted in Budget 

STC Funding Would authorize $19.4 million for correctional training.* Adopted in Budget 

Cal MMET Would authorize $4,500,000 for Meth enforcement* Adopted in Budget 

Mentally Ill Crime Would authorize $40.1 million for crime reduction* Adopted in Budget 

Reduction (MIOCR) Grants 

Crime Labs Would authorize $20 million for crime labs* Adopted in Budget 

Proposition 36 Funding Would authorize $108 million for offender treatment* Adopted in Budget 

Public Safety Realignment Would authorize $5.5 billion to $6.4 billion annually through 2015.* 

Adopted in Budget 

ASSEMBLY BILLS 

*This budget appropriation was actively supported by RSA. 

Updated: August 21, 2013 

BILL & AUTHOR BILL DESCRIPTION RSA POSITION BILL Status 

AB 4 Ammiano Prohibits local law enforcement from enforcing Active Oppose Senate Floor 

(D – San Francisco) federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement. (ICE) 

AB 25 Campos Prohibits a public employer from requiring an Active Support Senate Floor 

(D – San Jose) employee to disclose their personal social media, 

(Twitter, Facebook) username, or password. 

AB 335 Brown Prohibits a peace officer from impounding a vehicle Active Oppose Assembly 

(D – San Bernardino) driven by unlicensed driver. Transp. Committee 

AB 566 Wieckowski Prohibits courts from privatizing court positions Active Support Senate 

(D – Fremont) absent proof of cost savings. Appropriations 

Committee 

AB 729 Hernandez Creates a new evidentiary privilege for Active Support Senate Floor 

(D – West Covina) communication between union rep and represented 

employee, similar to an attorney-client privilege. 

AB 741 Brown Adjusts tax equity formula for certain Riverside Active Support Assembly Local 

(D – San Bernardino) County cities. Gov. Comm. 


State Legislative Corner 


AB 807 Ammiano Requires local law enforcement agencies to annually Active Oppose Senate 

(D – San Francisco) report all complaints against peace officers to the Appropriations 

Department of Justice. 

Committee 

AB 822 Hall Requires any local ballot measure on public Active Support Senate 

(D – Compton) employee pension cost includes, among other Appropriations 

things, an actuarial analysis. 

Committee 

AB 1040 Wieckowski Requires counties train and arm probation officers Active Support Assembly Public 

(D – Fremont) who are required to supervise “high risk” offenders. Safety Committee 

AB 1188 Bradford Implements ACA 3 (Campos) which would allow 55% Active Support Sen. Governance 

(D – Gardena) of the voters to incur general obligation indebtedness & Finance 

for police, sheriff, fire and emergency services. 

Committee 

AB 1373 John Perez Extends statute of limitations for the payment of Co-Sponsor Senate 

(D – Los Angeles) death benefits to families of peace officers who Appropriations 

died as a result of certain work related conditions. 

Committee 

ACA 8 Blumenfield Allow 55% of the voters to incur general obligation Active Support Senate 

(D – Woodland Hils) indebtedness for police, sheriff, fire and emergency Government 

services, if approved by the voters. 

& Finance 

Committee 

SENATE BILLS 


SB 57 Lieu Increase penalties on sex offenders who remove Active Support Assembly 

(D – Torrance) GPS bracelets. Approp. Comm. 

SB 127 Gaines Requires psychotherapists report communications of Active Support Assembly 

(R – Rocklin) serious violence to local law enforcement and the Floor 

Department of Justice. 

SB 199 De Leon Appoints Deputy Sheriff, Deputy Probation Officer or Co-Sponsor Senate Public 

(D – Los Angeles) rank and file Police Officer to Community Corrections Safety Committee 

Partnership. 

SB 313 De Leon Prohibits a public agency from taking punitive actions Co-Sponsor Enrolled 

(D – Los Angeles) against a public safety officer because an officer’s 8/19/13 

name was placed on a “Brady List” on grounds other 

than merit. 

SB 333 Lieu Enhances penalties for “swatting.” Active Support Senate 

(D – Torrance) Floor 

SB 380 Padilla Interferes with law enforcement’s ability to cut off Active Oppose Assembly 

(D – Pacoima) cell phones in an emergency. Appropriations Committee 

SB 388 Lieu Amends POBR to prohibit denial of union Co-Sponsor Senate Public 

(D – Torrance) representation of witness to investigation. Safety Committee 

SB 467 Leno Prohibits law enforcement from obtaining contents Active Oppose Assembly Floor 

(D – San Francisco) from a wireless device without a search warrant. 



Military Corner 

Benefits for Veterans, 

Reservists and Guardsmen 

By Robert Simmons 


This month 

I want to 

highlight several 

programs that 

helped my family 

out personally while 

I was deployed to 

Afghanistan in 2011. 

They are the National Military Family Association 

(NMFA), Our Military Kids and 

Military OneSource. These programs are 

mainly designed to help families who have 

deployed members. 

Our Military 

Kids 

Our Military Kids is an 

organization that provides 

tangible support to the children 

of deployed and severely 

injured National Guard and 

Military Reserve personnel 

through grants for sports, fine 

arts and tutoring that nurture 

and sustain the children during 

the time a parent is away in service to our 

Ryan Simmons, Age 8 

Military OneSource 

Gabby Douglas, 2012 Olympic Gymnast 

Gabby Douglas, 2012 Olympic Gymnast 

deployment to Iraq. The $500 grant she 

received allowed her to attend an Olympic 

training camp that boosted her talents to 

prepare her for the 2012 Olympics. 

country. The organization will provide up to 

$500 for childcare services or for your child 

to start, or continue, a sports program or 

National Military fine arts program. In our case, my son Ryan, 

The third program I want to highlight is Military OneSource, which has a website that 

who was 6-years old at the time, was interested 

benefits in taking up to Tae all Kwon military Do. My wife members Military and veterans, OneSource too extensive 

provides Family resources Association to a myriad of 

applied for the grant and the organization 

here. They 

The NMFA 

assist 

is an organization 

with locating 

that 

programs 

sent a check directly 

for children 

to the studio, 

of 

which 

all ages, 

The 

spousal 

third program 

benefits 

I want to highlight 

and deploye 

veteran works military with various summer members. camps to Military covered OneSource 6 months of classes. does Ryan not started provide is Military services OneSource, themselves, which has a website but they 

provide retreats for military families and out as a white belt and loved it so much, we that provides resources to a myriad of benefits 

to all military them members onto and veterans, one website 

provide camps links for children to of various deployed members, organizations kept him who in the program do, in after a I way returned. that combines 

easy among access. many other They programs. also They screen have the 2 ½ programs years later he is and a black monitor belt, working them. too extensive My wife to list and here. They I have assist with used this 

one program called “Operation Purple” on his second Dan, and has competed in locating programs for children of all ages, 

many that times sent our as son a to starting a camp near Santa point for several getting national information competitions. for either spousal ourselves, benefits and deployed or our or veteran troops. I 

recommend Barbara the year making I was deployed it a and favorite on 

The 

your 

program 

internet 

even assisted 

search 

2012 

engine. military members. Military OneSource does 

helped him engage with children going Olympic gymnast, Gabby Douglas. In 2006, not provide services themselves, but they 

through the same experience he was. her father, SSgt Timothy Douglas, deployed provide links to various organizations who 

Operation Purple camps offer a free week with the Air National Guard for his second 

Resources 

do, in a way that combines them onto one 

of summer fun for military kids 

website for easy access. They also screen 

with parents who have been, are 

the programs and monitor them. My wife 

http://www.militaryfamily.org/ 

currently, will be deployed. 

and I have used this site many times as a 

http://www.militaryonesource.mil/ 

The goal of the Operation 

starting point for getting information for 

Purple camp program is to give 

either ourselves, or our troops. I recommend 

http://www.ourmilitarykids.org/ 

military children tools to help deal 

making it a favorite on your internet search 

with the stresses that result from 

engine. 

“Deputy a parent’s Simmons deployment, is currently through assigned to the San Jacinto Station. He is an Army veteran and currently serves as a Major in 

Force a Reserve. memorable His camp email experience is rls452asts@gmail.com if you have any military/veteran Resources related questions or issues you would lik 

researched.” in a “purple” environment. 

www.militaryfamily.org 

Operation Purple camps are open 

www.militaryonesource.mil 

to military children of all ranks 

www.ourmilitarykids.org 

and Services: active and reserve 

Ryan Simmons, Age 8 

components—and give priority 

to children whose parents are 

in a deployment phase between 

September and December of the 

year you apply. Their website is 

listed at the end of this article. Ryan Simmons, Age 8 

Deputy Simmons is currently assigned to the 

San Jacinto Station. He is an Army veteran and 

currently serves as a Major in the Air Force Reserve. 

His email is rls452asts@gmail.com if you 

have any military/veteran related questions or 

issues you would like researched. 

Military 


Benefits Health Corner 

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(951) 217-9661 or (909) 240-4974 

officeandhomecleaningservice.com 

Norwex Independent Consultant 

Save time, money, your health & 

the environment with Norwex 

Products! Reduce the use of 

chemicals in personal care and 

cleaning! Contact me for more info, 

to book a party or join my team. 

www.jessicasalazar.norwex.biz 

Jessica Salazar 909.831.4192 

jsalazar4503@aol.com 

Check out my page on Facebook: 

Jessica Salazar- Norwex Independent 

Consultant 

Regina’s Cleaning Services 

Lic. No. 0220100 

Professional home and office cleaning. 

Call for a free estimate. 

We cover Redlands, Loma Linda, 

Highland, San Bernardino, Mentone, 

Moreno Valley, Yucaipa and the San 

Gorgonio Pass area. 

(909) 904-6276 

cosmj1977@yahoo.com 

Clothing and Accessories 

Grace Adele 

Grace Adele is a Scentsy Brand 

featuring a full line of hand bags and 

accessories that allows women the 

unique opportunity to buy a complete 

line of accessories organized by color 

and designed to work together. 

www.livelifegracefully.graceadele.us 

951-634-4179 

chadmisti@msn.com 

Cosmetics 

Avon Representative 

www.youravon.com/jmata 

(951) 392-6488 

Mary Kay Beauty Cosmetics 

Independant Beauty Consultant 

Anna Flores 

Cell: (951)310-9763 

www.marykay.com/anna.flores 

anafloresca@yahoo.com 

Ultimate Body Applicator 

Want a firmer, tighter, toner body 

in 45 minutes? With the Ultimate 

Body Applicator you can achieve 

results. For both men & women. 

Host a party, try one for free! Also 

seeking distributors for this growing 

company. 

Eddie (760) 992-6602 

or Alma (760) 238-2190. 

ewraps.myitworks.com 

Education 

Excel Tutoring 

Experienced tutor for math, English, 

chemistry and biology. Worried about 

your childrens’ learning skills or 

grades? Help is here to assist in their 

success. All grade levels. 

(909) 553-1393 

Shiny Side Up Motorcycle Training 

Motorcycle rider skills training. 

www.stayshinysideup.com 

(951) 265-7908 

Electrical services 

ACJ Electrical Plus 

Home Repairs 

Riverside 

Contact Carolyn Avalos 

(951) 315-6819 

Western Electrical 

Terry Lingo 

Licensed and bonded 

New home construction, remodels, 

panel, upgrades, ceiling fan 

installations, etc. 

(951) 707-6976 

PO Box 1521 

Yucaipa, CA 92399 

Embroidery 

Up In Stitches 

Mark Swartz 

Embroidery and shirt screen printing 

service. 


(951) 653-9157 

upinstiches@att.net 

Firearm repair 

The Glock Doc, Inc. 

Repairs & Maintenance of 1911’s, 

Sig Sauer, Glock, S&W M&P, 

Springfield XD, Berreta, and Kimber 

1911’s pistols; Remington 870 

Shotguns; AR-15 Assault Rifles and 

many more. 

Contact Dave Street, Retired RSO 

951-675-3532 

Dave@theglockdoc.com 

www.theglockdoc.com 

Garage doors 

Garage Doors 

Garage doors, and operators. All 

types and brands. Service, repairs, 

broken springs, remotes, and 

insullation kits. New doors from 

ordinary to custom design. 

Call Bryan @ (951)-538-8079. 

e-mail to wcod01@yahoo.com 

Hair, Nail & Skin Care 

Studio B 

Hair and nail salon 

Murrieta 

Bethany Hernandez 

(951) 757-0638 

Nerium International 

The clinically proven anit-aging skin 

cream. 

Jeannie Shaddy, Nerium Brand Partner 

Direct: (951) 536-4756 

jeannieshaddy.nerium.com 

Tortuga Day Spa 

Misuk Baker 

Hair Color, Cut, Style, Skin Care, 

Reflexology, and Massage therapy. 

L’Oreal Professional, and Nioxin 

products. 

(909) 382-1158 or (909) 792-7700 

2079 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, 

92374 

Health and Fitness 

At Peace Yoga in the Park 

Private Yoga session/ will travel. 

Certified 200 hr Registered Yoga 

Teacher. First session 50% off. 

at_peace_yoga@yahoo.com 

(951) 392-6488 

BrickHouse Mulitsport 

Swim, Bike or Run; we’ve got you 

covered like a BrickHouse. 

10% for all RSA Members in store 

and online 

www.pdbrickhouse.com 

760-341-1065 Shop 

74854 Velie Way, Suite 8 

Palm Desert, 92260 

CTD CrossFit 

35% off for Law Enforcement/Fire/ 

Military 

1654 Illinois Ave Unit 19 & 20 

Perris, CA. 92570 

Off Ethanac and the 215 Freeway, 

behind 

Langston Motorsports 

www.ctdcrossfit.com 

(951) 813-9512 

Healthy Aloha 

Independent Promoter of ViSalus 

Sciences. The #1 health platform 

in the world today. 

Americans have dropped more 

that 17 million pounds over the 

last three years. I personally have 

dropped 45 pounds and have taken 

my uniform pants down from a size 

44 to a 36. 

For more info call: 

Seth Kuoha, 951-219-3789 

or visit HealthyAloha.com 

My Gym Redlands 

Children’s fitness center. Fitness 

classes for children 6 weeks to 13 

years old. 

(909) 307-3929 

www.mygym.com 

SKINNY WRAPS?!?!? 

Have you been hearing about this 

CRAZY wrap thing? It TONES, 

TIGHTENS, and FIRMS your skin in as 

little as 45 minutes! Ask me how to try 

it for FREE. 

Also seeking people to join my team. 

It’s so fun.....Because It Works!!!! 

www.downtowrap.com 

Mindy Aldrich 760-578-3549 

Have Facebook? Check out my page: 

DTW. It Works! Skinny Wraps 

Team Quest San Jacinto 

Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness Center 

We offer a 15% discount to law 

enforcement and military. 

(951) 487-2700 

1075 Enterprise Ave 

San Jacinto, CA 92582 

info.teamquest.sj@verizon.net 

www.teamquestsj.com 

www.facebook.com/SJ.MMA 

Home repair & remodel 

JRG Construction Inc 

Home remodels, drywall repair, 

painting, new residential construction, 

commercial construction, 

tenant improvements, etc. 

License #878686 

www.jrgconstructionco.com 

Phone: (951) 660-5856 

Fax: (951) 780-0217 


Member Benefits service Corner referrals 

Current member referral services available 

Tri-Point Construction 

Honey-Do Handyman Services 

“We’ll handle the list” 

Small to Medium Home Repairs and 

Remodeling including Electrical, Plumbing, 

New Drywall and Drywall Repair, 

Painting interior and outside. 17 years 

experience. 

CA Contractors License #B835094 

Jason Kurth, (909) 567-6099 

Horse Training 

Step Right Ranch 

Horse layup and boarding. 

Hemet 

(951) 766-0780 

ID Tags 

Hemet ID Tags 

Pet, Child, Medical, Adult ID tags 

Manufactures and distributes collars, 

leashes, harnesses and pet ID tags, 

child and adult ID tags, medical 

bracelets and G.I. ID Dog Tags. 

(951) 652-3224 

www.hemetidtags.com 

763 Sonrisa Street, Hemet, 92543 

Identity Theft Protection 

Identity Theft Protection 

and Restoration Service 

$12.95/month 

Marisa Miller: (951) 201-0959 

Internet Services 

NetVet Web Design - Riverside 

David Correa 

Websites, Graphics, SEO 

www.netvet.us 

Dave@netvetwebdesign.com 

(951) 234-7891 

Jewelry 

Origami Owl 

“Every Locket tells a story, whats’ 

YOURS?” 

AmandaGreene.OrigamiOwl.com 

www.Facebook.com/ 

OrigamiOwlAmandaGreene 

Amanda Greene, Independent Designer 

Locketsbyamanda@live.com 

909-838-3375 

Landscaping 

California Garden Landscaping 

From landscaping design to weekly 

upkeep. 

Serving the Inland Empire 

(951) 965-3182 

Legal Services 

Dianna Carter Attorney 

Former Chief Deputy District 

Attorney 

Now Specializing in Family Law 

(760) 568-6264 

Wenhawk Court Services 

Private Investigations. 

Process Serving & Debt Collection. 

Rory Wendell 

1-866-WENHAWK 

(951) 965-6385 

P.O. Box 1097, Yucaipa CA 92399 

Music 

The Music Man 

Guitar tutoring. 

Beginner, intermediate and advanced 

levels. Classic and contemporary rock 

styles. 

(909) 553-1393 

Thunder Heart Band 

Music for all occasions 

Pete Kurylowicz, Jr 

(951) 970-9998 

Notary Services 

Angi Morrow Notary Public 

Available 24-7, mobile notary and 

courier service. Over 15 years 

experience in loan documents, notary 

and escrow. 

(909) 731-4531 

David Telles 

24-Hour Mobile 

Se Habla Espanol 

50% Military discount 

Retired RSO deputy and USAF 

davesnotary@roadrunner.com 

951-378-7159 

Exclusive Mobile Notary 

Serving the Coachella Valley and Inland 

Empire 

24/7 Mobile Notary Service 

(760) 601-0401 - Coachella Valley 

(951) 966-0966 - Inland Empire 

www.ExclusiveMobileNotary.com 

Mobile Notary 

Notary service. 

(951) 237-9165 

Notary Services 

Corinne Johnson 

(951) 961-9807 or (951) 849-7357 

Sign Here 

Mobile notary service 

Michelle (909) 213-3771 

Painting 

O’s Painting 

Painting service. 

San Jacinto 

Omar Rodriguez: (909) 553-7759 

Perfection Painting 

Quality interior and exterior protective 

coatings. Fully licensed and insured. 

Lead Safe Certified Firm. License # 

974374. Accepts Visa, Master, and 

Discover Credit cards. 

951-500-6622 

www.perfectionpaintingsocal.com 

Triple S Painting 

Servicing the Riverside area since 

2002, Triple S Painting prides itself on 

complete customer satisfaction. For all 

of your paint and drywall needs, look no 

further than Triple S Painting. 

Ca. License # 958046 

Phillip Sanchez 

951-836-6594 

ssspaint@hotmail.com 

Patio Covers 

Don Anderson 

Aluminum or wood, solid or lattice 

covers. Special rates available. 

(951) 212-0903 

Photography 

A One 24 Studio 

Specializing in wedding 

photography. We offer a mixture 

of modern and classic styled 

photography. 

Call for details on RSA member 

discounts. 

www.a124studio.com 

Lisandro Rivera - (310) 629-5575 

B.I.G Photography 

Serving the Inland Empire with 

Weddings, Maternity, Children and 

Family portraits 

www.photosbybig.blogspot.com 

photosbybig@hotmail.com 

Heaven Sent Photography 

Focusing on maternity and 

newborns, families, engagement. 

Please call or email me for a 

sitting fee and your choice of your 

home or park. Call me to make an 

appointment. 

Taffi Pratt: (951) 200-1748 

web.me.com/kirtgan/ 

HeavenSentPhotography/Welcome. 

html 

Ron McGowan Photography 

Specializing in Wedding/Event 

photography and Promotional/ 

Family/Senior portraits. 

10%-20% discount on services 

for all RSA current and retired 

members. Other discount packages 

are also available. 

ronmcgowanphotography.com 

(951) 712-0115 

Real Estate 

Abajian, Chuck, Realtor 

Success Real Estate, 

Special member rates 

www.successrealestate.biz 

(909)338-8477or (909)518-0389 

Cameron Real Estate Inc. 

“When Experience Counts” 

Serving Riverside, San Bernardino, 

Orange and San Diego Counties. 

If your thinking of Buying or Selling, 

Call today for a Free no Pressure 

Consultation 

Randy Cameron 

951-326-4606 

cameronrealestate@hotmail.com 

First Team Real Estate 

Dee Messing, top producer for 2004- 

2008. Buying and selling realestate. 

(951) 551-2499 

www.deemessing.com 

Hilltop Realty 

“A Mountain Tradition” 

Chris Davis (RSO Ret.) 

DRE #01910563 

Selling cabins to ranches in the Idyllwild 

and Mountain Center areas. 

(951) 282-0918 

chris@hilltoprealty.com 

McLellan Properties at Keller Williams 

Realty 

Specializing in investment property for 

the law enforcement community 

Andrea McLellan: (951) 805-7178 

140 E. Stetson, Hemet, CA 92543 

andreamclellan@kw.com 

Premier Realty Associates 

Dom Schreiber (Deputy), realtor 

DRE: 01798543 

(951) 265-7908 

Fax: (951) 801-7909 

Email: domschreiber@yahoo.com 

Realty World-Main Street 

Buying, selling, loans, refis and 

consultations. 

Corona 

Roy Stewart 

(951) 751-4777 

roy@realtyworldmainstreet.com 

Tarbell Realtors, Susan Newman 

Realtor 

Buying and selling residential and 

investment real estate. 

(951) 237-9165 

www.susannewman.com 

WSR Real Estate Sales and 

Management 

Adel “Otto” Salem, RSO Retired 

Real Estate Sales Agent Lic# 01724478 

6117 Brockton Ave. #203 

Riverside, 92506 

(951) 897-7090 

Screen printing 

4 Just Me Designs 

Custom screen printing. Complete 

artwork and graphic design 

services. Direct to garment. 


P. Kipp 

(909) 238-3445 

Up In Stitches 

Embroidery and shirt screen printing 

service. 


Mark Swartz 

(951) 653-9157 

upinstiches@att.net 

Self Improvement 

Help with Alcohol Issues 

Join us once a week for lunch in the 

Coachella Valley area. Meeting for 

past and present law enforcement 

personnel. 

For information call: Russ F 

(760) 902-8120 or Ron W (760) 

399-0771. 

Tattoo 

Madhatter II 

Tattoo and body piercing 

(760) 779-5520 

Tax Services 

Zippy Income Tax 

Lowest price in town. Tax preparation. 

Free online filing (1040 EZ). Online 

application. 

6427 Mesquite, 29 Palms, CA 92277 

zippyincometax.com 

(760) 401-3017 

or fax (760) 362-1307 

Travel 

Kelvin LeGeyt 

Certified Travel Agent. We book flights, 

cruises, hotels and vacations for 

individuals and groups. 

www.runawaydreamholidays.com 

(951) 247-5091 

Welding 

Battlewelder Welding/Fabricating 

AWS Certified, no job too small. 

battlewelder@yahoo.com 

(951) 282-5701 



Graduations 

Basic Adademy 190 Graduates 

Shana Stewart Awarded James B. Evans Memorial Scholarship 

190th Basic Academy Graduation 

On Aug. 22, at Grove Community 

Church in Riverside, the Basic 

Academy Class 190 graduated 

to a packed auditorium. Along with the 

graduation, RSA Vice President Randy 

Thomas presented a James B. Evan Memorial 

Scholarship award to graduate Shana 

Stewart. 

The James B. Evans award is an RSA 

sponsored scholarship, in the amount of 

$1,000, given to a qualifying academy 

graduate with aspirations toward higher 

education. 

The 55 recruits, under the motto “One 

Team One Fight,” were welcomed to the 

near capacity crowd by bagpipers and the 

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department 

Honor Guard’s presentation of colors. 

Academy Manager Lieutenant Rick 

Young served as Master of Ceremonies, 

with speeches delivered by Academy Sergeant 

Tony Hoxmeier and Class President 

Timothy Martin (RSO). 

The 190th Basic Academy Class began 

March 11 with 69 recruits, representing 

the Riverside County Sheriff’s Depart- 

Fast 

Great Rates 

Control, Corona Police Department, Palm 

Springs Police Department, Riverside Police 

Department, Inyo County Sheriff’s 

Department and Moreno Valley College. 

On Thursday, August 22, 2013, the Riverside County 

Sheriff’s ment, Department Department’s of Alcoholic Beverage Basic Academy graduated its 

190th Basic Academy Class. Academy Sergeant Tony 

Hoxmeier presented his graduating class consisting 

of fifty-five recruits to the near capacity crowd inside 

the auditorium of the Grove Community Church in 

Riverside. 

Of the final 55 graduates, 44 are now Riverside 

County Deputy Sheriffs. 

The ceremony began under the pageantry of 

bagpipes playing and the Riverside County Sheriff’s 

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Benefits Corner 

In Remembrance 

“Greater love hath no one than this, that they lay down their life for their friends.” — JOHN 15:13 

Frank Hamilton 

April 9, 1895 

Preston Van Buren Swanguen 

December 24, 1907 

Henry Fredrick Nelson 

September 22, 1921 

Theodore Crossley 

September 22, 1921 

Howard R. Scheffler 

February 29, 1956 

Roger Allen Strong 

August 7, 1961 

William Joseph Rutledge 

May 14, 1969 

William Fredrick 

Carter, Jr. 

May 20, 1969 

Edward Michael Schrader 

July 11, 1974 

James Bernard Evans 

May 9, 1980 

Dirk Alan Leonardson 

October 4, 1980 

Michael David Davis 


Randy Robert Lutz 

June 22, 1989 

Kent A. Hintergardt 

May 9, 1993 

Mark S. Kemp 

November 9, 1994 

Michael P. Haugen 

January 5, 1997 

James W. Lehmann, Jr. 

January 5, 1997 

Eric Andrew Thach 


Jim W. Purkiss 

April 16, 2001 

John Towe 

February 15, 2002 

Brent Jenkins 

March 18, 2003 

Bruce Lee 

May 13, 2003 

Manuel Villegas 

March 19, 2007 

Officer Kevin Tonn 

Galt Police Department 

EOW: January 15, 2013 

Officer Michael Crain 

Riverside Police Department 

EOW: February 7, 2013 

In Memory, 2013 

Detective Jeremiah MacKay 

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s 

Department 


Detective Elizabeth Butler 

Santa Cruz Police Department 


Sergeant Loran Baker 

Santa Cruz Police Department 


Sergeant Gilbert Cortez 

California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation 

EOW: March 25, 2013 

California Peace 

Officers’ Memorial 

www.camemorial.org 

National Law 

Enforcement Memorial 

www.nleomf.com 

Riverside County Peace 

Officer Memorial Foundation 

www.rcpomf.org 



Association 

Riverside Annual Sheriffs’ 

Health Association Fair 

Annual 

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Open Enrollment 

Annual Health Fair 

and Open 

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Saturday, 

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10:00 a.m. at the – 3:00 p.m. 

Saturday, October 12, 2013 

from 

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at the 

Riverside County Sheriff’s Annual Picnic 

Riverside County Sheriff’s 

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Riverside County Sheriff’s Annual Picnic 

Annual Picnic 

Diamond Valley Lake Community Park 

(located right next to the Aquatic Center) 

1801 Anglers Avenue 

Hemet, CA 92544 

Directions: From the 215 Freeway, exit Newport Road heading east, travel approx 10 miles east, turn 

slight left onto Domenigoni Parkway, turn right onto Searl Parkway, and turn left onto Anglers Avenue. 


**** LOOK FOR THE RSA BANNER **** 


Representatives from Aflac, Anthem, Kaiser, Liberty Mutual, LEO Web Protect, 

Brown Insurance Services, 1801 and other 1801 vendors will Anglers be in attendance. Avenue 

Free Flu Shots for the first 150 RSA Members 

Cholesterol check, Massage Hemet, Therapist, CA 92544 

and Blood Pressure check 

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Hemet, CA 92544 

Directions: From the 215 Freeway, exit Newport Road heading east, travel approx 10 miles east, turn 

slight left onto Domenigoni Parkway, turn right onto Searl Parkway, and turn left onto Anglers Avenue. 

**** LOOK FOR THE RSA BANNER **** 

Representatives from Aflac, Anthem, Kaiser, Liberty Mutual, LEO Web Protect, 

Brown Insurance Services, and other vendors will be in attendance. 

Free Flu Shots for the first 150 RSA Members 

Cholesterol check, Massage Therapist, 

and Blood Pressure check 


Puzzlers 

Births 

September Word Search Julio and Zammy De Leon welcomed Jaycee (5 lbs.) into the 

world on Aug. 7 in Riverside. Jaycee joins siblings Alicia and 

M O R N I N G G L O Mia. R Y T W Q 

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X L L A B T O O F M 

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September Word Search 

call (951) 653-5152 

B G M September Q L Word ESearch 

V P N Q C G or go S online Uto www.rcdsa.org M 

O Y P S W Y G E D U K F I I M 

R A P L X M C R K A L O P N U 

D D L I T R F I O A R V Classifieds 

D O S 

A M A C K E L H U F 

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N M T S E F R E B O T K O V N 

M O R N I N G G L O R Y T W Q 

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N M T S E F R E B O T K O V N 

Labor Day 

End of Summer 

Equinox 

Grandparent’s (Day) 

Pencils 

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Football 

Fantasy League 

Fall Term 

Oktoberfest (Begins) 

Museum Day 

Oak Glen (Apples) 

Sapphire 

Morning Glory 

(We Will) Never Forget 

Tuition 

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Room Available 9-1-13: Temecula-Wolf Valley, near the 

Casino. $625.00 monthly includes utilites/wi-fi/laundry/ pool. 

Kitchen privleges included. Call Isa Crysta 951-541-4930. 

To place a classified ad, call 

(951) 686-7575 

FREE to RSA Members 

Classifieds will run for one month 

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Bulletin 

Call (951) 660-2228 


US Congress, Senate 

Meet your lawmakers 

Barbara Boxer (D) 

112 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington DC, 20510 

Phone: (202) 224-3553 

Dianne Feinstein (D) 

331 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington DC, 20510 

Phone: (202) 224-3841 

US Congress, House of Representatives 

36th District 

Raul Ruiz (D) 

1319 Longworth House Office 

Building 

Washington, DC 20515 

Phone: 202-225-5330 

41st District 

Mark Takano (D) 

1507 Longworth House Office 

Building 

Washington, DC 20515 

Phone: 202-225-2305 

Fax: 202-225-7018 

42nd District 

Ken Calvert (R) 

3400 Central Ave., 

Suite 200 


Phone: (951) 784-4300 

49th District 

Darrell Issa (R) 

P.O. Box 760, 

Vista, CA 92085 

Phone: (760) 598-6850 

50th District 

Duncan Hunter (R) 

223 Cannon House Office 

Building 

Washington DC 20515 

Phone: (202) 225-5672 

California Senate 

23rd District 

Bill Emmerson (R) 

5225 Canyon Crest Dr., # 360 


Phone: (951) 680-6750 

Fax: (951) 680-6757 

31st District 

Richard Roth (D) 

State Capitol, Room 4032, 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4900 

Phone: (916) 651-4031 

36th District 

Joel Anderson (R) 

1870 Cordell Court Suite 107 

El Cajon, CA 92020 

(619) 596-3136 

40th District 

Juan Vargas (D) 

637 Third Avenue Suite A-1 

Chula Vista, CA 91910 

(619) 409-7690 

California Assembly 

42nd District 

Brian Nestande (R) 

1223 University 

Ave., Suite 230 


P: (951) 369-6644 

F: (951) 369-0366 

56th District 

V. Manuel Perez 

(D) 

P.O. Box 942849, 

Room 4112, 

Sacramento, CA 

94249-0056 

P: (916) 319-2056 

60th District 

Eric Linder (R) 

P.O. Box 942849, 

Room 2016, 


94249-0060 

P: (916) 319-2060 

61st District 

Jose Medina (D) 

P.O. Box 942849, 

Room 5135, 


94249-0061 

P: (916) 319-2061 

67th District 

Melissa Melendez 

(R) 

P.O. Box 942849, 

Room 4009, 


94249-0067 

P: (916) 319-2067 

71st District 

Brian Jones (R) 

P.O. Box 942849, 

Room 3141, 


94249-0071 

P: (916) 319-2071 

75th District 

Marie Waldron (R) 

P.O. Box 942849, 

Room 5128, 


94249-0075 

P: (916) 319-2075 

Riverside County Supervisors 

District 1: Kevin Jefferies 

County Administrative Center, 

4080 Lemon St.-5th floor 


Phone: (951) 955-1010 

District 2: 

John F. Tavaglione 




Phone: (951) 955-1020 

District 3: Jeff Stone 




Phone: (951) 955-1030 

District 4: John Benoit 

County Administrative Center 



Phone: (951) 955-1040 

District 5: Marion Ashley 




Phone: (951) 955-1050 

The Riverside 

Sheriffs’ Association 

has deployed an 

integrated “members 

only” online news & 

information center to 

improve our ability 

to keep our members 

informed on 

important issues. 

RSA MEMBER ALERTS 

The news & information center at rcdsa.org is where members will go to view exclusive 

content, including negotiations and other confidential information from RSA. 

To access the news & information center members are required to log on and register by 

clicking on the “RSA Members Only” link then following the instructions. Once registered 

members will also be able to update their own on-line profiles at anytime (email 

addresses, user name & password, etc). Members are urged to keep their information 

current at all times to avoid missing important updates from the Association. 

For Technical assistance please contact Judy Drott by email: judy@rcdsa.org 

Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm or by calling (951) 653-5152 (800) 655-4772. 


RSA Benefits board and Corner staff 

Executive Board 

Robert 

Masson 

President 

Randy 

Thomas 

Vice President 

Josh 

Adams 

Treasurer 

Board of Directors 

Pete 

Kurylowicz 

Secretary 

Darryl Drott 

Executive Director 

Photo 

not 

available 

Dave Dave Topping 

Ch. Topping 1/DA 

Ch. 1: DA 

Robert 

Joslen 

Ch. 2: 

Jurupa Station 

Gabriel 

Carranza 

Ch. 3: RPDC 

Rey Bodnar 

Ch. 4: 

SIB West/CSW/ 

BCTC 

Michael 

McQueeney 

Ch. 5: 

Cabazon/SEB 

Alicia Lopez 

Ch. 6: Desert 

Ct. Services 

Gabriel 

Constantin 

Ch. 7: 

Lake Elsinore 

Chad 

Marlatt 

Ch. 8: Hemet 

/ San Jacinto / 

Aviation 

Mark 

Anderson 

Ch. 9: 

Blythe Station 

Alberto 

Soria 

Ch. 10: 

Indio Jail 

Randy 

Wortman 

Ch. 11: 

Palm Desert/ 

SIB East 

Ed Rose 

Ch. 12: Moreno 

Valley 

David 

Nelson 

Ch. 13: 

Retirees 

Matthew Matthew 

Hughes Hughes 

Ch. 14/ Ch. 14: 

Southwest 

Southwest 

Kenneth 

Guilford 

Ch. 15: 

Perris 

Steve Albert 

Ch. 16: Coroner 

Mike Hyland 

Ch. 17: LSCF 

Brian 

Wakeling 

Ch. 18: SWDC 

Charles 

Roberts 

Ch. 19: PSU 

Darrell 

Donowho 

Ch. 20: 

Thermal 

Ole 

Williams 

Ch. 21: Central 

Court 

RSA Staff And Support 

Judy Drott 

Office Administrator 

Julie Kelley 

Executive 

Administrative Assistant 

Lesley Garcia 

Accounts 

Representative 

Vickie Arreola 

Member Services 

Maryann Barbaro 

Office Assistant 

Linda Gartley 

Benefits Manager 

Connie Collins 

Benefits Adminstrative 

Assistant 

Jeff Byrd 

Sr. Labor Rep. 

Artemese 

Evans 

Labor Rep. 

Sandra 

Tjosaas-Moore 

Legal Assistant 

Mike Stone 

LDT General 

Counsel 

Muna Busailah 

LDT General 

Counsel 

Frank Anderson 

LDT Chief 

Operations & 

Finance Dir. 

Harley Broviak 

Chaplain 

John Uriarte 

Chaplain 



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