OPINION AND - California Correctional Peace Officers Association

in order to function properly as Parole Agents, and that
the grievants had acquired them earlier. (TR @ 654, 662-
664)
Indeed, there is substantial evidence that the
surveillance work, while obviously it carried heavy
responsibilities, was routinely not very demanding. For
example, the testimony of Jim Haagenson, a Parole Agent
11, and Assistant Unit Supervisor of the Vallejo Unit,
showed that he "pulled a lot of these surveillance shifts
sitting there with Charlie. ... In Februaxy, the first
full month he had been out, I made $6,000 of overtime.
. . . For whatever reason... [management] completely
abandoned the seniority system. [was] like a kid in a
candy store . . . This is the easiest money I've ever
seen. I sat there and watched t .v. and video tapes for
$45 an hour, and so mostly what I did was baby-sit.
. . .
[The job] didn't require a whole lot of training or skill
or anything.
It just took its toll because Charlie
[Rothenberg] is an irritating person. (TR @ 753, 754)
Ronald Chun, Regional Parole Administrator at the time of
the Rothenberg case, testified that the 35 mile rule was