MEMBERSHIP
Membership Update
It’s that time of year…it’s dues renewal time!! 2020/2021 dues invoices went out via
email on May 1, and a hard copy was mailed out in early June. If you have any questions
about dues, please contact Shannon Mahoney, Member Services Manager, at smahoney@
californiapolicechiefs.org.
Here are just some of the things we have been doing for you over
the past year:
• Actively advocated for the defeat of legislation harmful to the
law enforcement profession.
• Worked to amend AB 392, the Use of Force Bill authored by
Shirley Weber, and prevented implementing language that would
have significantly impacted the way law enforcement the way law
enforcement preforms their daily jobs.
• Sponsored and ensured the passage of SB 230, AB 931, authored
by Anna Caballero, which required and funded enhanced officer
use of force training, set specific policy requirements on officer
de-escalation and standardized the requirements for use of force
reporting.
• Continued to work on the Reducing Crime and Keeping California
Safe Act that will appear on the November Ballot. The initiative
is designed to counter the impacts of Props. 47 and 57 and
we are continuing to work with other stakeholders on strategies
to successfully ensure its passage.
• Responded quickly with resources for our members on
COVID-19 and held all-chief video conference calls with Cal
OES, DOJ and other state officials to provide updates to our
members.
• Implemented a new member collaboration platform where
members can post questions and receive responses directly
from other members. In addition to the General Membership
Community, we have a COVID-19 specific group and each
CPCA committee has their own community.
• Had several people complete our Executive Development Certificate
program that includes “Becoming a Police Chief: Developing
a Mindset for Success and Service,” “Succeeding as a
Police Chief: Beyond the Basics” and “Strategic and Succession
Planning for Chiefs of Police & Seconds in Command”.
• Developed new one-day summits on critical topics including
Cannabis Enforcement, Domestic Terrorism and planned a
summit on RIPA Data Collection and Reporting that will now
take place this fall.
• Held our annual Technology Summit and our What’s Your Story
Media Summit.
• Launched a new regional training on How to Achieve Effective
and Successful Outcomes from the Workers’ Compensation
Mechanism. Two presentations were held this past year with
more planned for next year.
• Formed a Human Behind the Badge Workgroup and devoted
our Winter 2019 issue of the California Police Chief magazine
to articles around officer wellness.
• Held a successful Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Training
Symposium in Santa Clara with more than 800 attendees.
• Launched our first Virtual Training Symposium and Trade Show
after having to cancel our in-person symposium due to the
pandemic.
• Recently implemented a free a Critical Content Series for
members to provide timely information on topics relevant
during the pandemic.
• Held the third Class of our highly-regarded Executive Leadership
Institute at Drucker, a two-week intensive leadership development
program in partnership with the Drucker School of
Management on the Claremont Graduate University Campus.
• Sent out hundreds of member information emails including
requests for research on behalf of our members as well as legal
and legislative alerts, Capitol Updates and Daily Reviews to keep
our members informed on new developments and offerings and
to help agencies with their research requests.
• Continued to provide 30 minutes of free legal counsel with
Jim Touchstone at Jones & Mayer to all chiefs, and continued
to provide chiefs with free access to crisis consulting with Bill
Rams, from Cornerstone Communications.
Since the last membership update, we have had the pleasure of welcoming 28 new chiefs and
27 new associate members. The names and agencies are listed on the next page. Please help
us welcome them all!
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