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WELCOME FROM PRESIDENT MEDRANO
As President of the California
Police Chiefs Association,
I’d like to welcome you to
the Winter 2017 Edition of the
California Police Chief Magazine.
Since our last edition, a lot has taken place, but before I get to those updates,
I just want to take an opportunity to highlight our incredible staff at the
California Police Chiefs Association. Our staff, led by Executive Director Leslie
McGill, continues to put the necessary pieces together to ensure that CPCA lives
up to our mission statement of Serving as the Voice of and Resource of Choice for
California’s Municipal Police Chiefs. Leslie, Meagan, Sara, Shannon and Jonathan
all deserve our appreciation for everything they do for our Association.
This year we had some successes and some defeats relative to legislation. Of course, one of the big topics since the last
edition was the issue of immigration. CPCA went neutral on Senate Bill 54 after we were successful in getting the majority
of our amendments adopted into the bill. In the end, SB 54 represented more of the status quo than a major change to
standard procedures. Also, we fought off pretrial release legislation that would have drastically reformed our bail system
and will try to ensure any reforms next year must meet the approval of public safety advocates. However, the tide of
political pressure to continue reforming our criminal justice system carried on, with numerous bills being signed into
law that further reduces penalties and makes it easier for inmates to be paroled. Looking ahead to an election year, CPCA
issued a legislative scorecard to track key votes by members of