Volume 02 | August 7, 2020 Your weekly news & updates We are excited to announce our new website and members only section. Thank you for all the hard work our website committee has done to make this happen. Visit our Website 2020 CA FOP STATE CONFERENCE The 23th Biennial State Conference is fast approaching on Saturday August 22, 2020. Due to Covid-19 restrictions we will be having a virtual conference for the first time in history. State Trustee's if you have not sent your delegate list (names and emails) and your Lodge reports, send them to Secretary Heady as soon as possible. Zoom information will be provided soon. Conference Information California Supreme Court Upholds the "California Rule" in Permitting Modifications Narrowly Focused on Abuses and Loopholes On July 30, 2020, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on the “California Rule” in Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, et al. v. Alameda County Employees' Retirement System, et al. ("ACDSA"). The opinion permits the Legislature to address perceived pension abuses, even if the modification reduces some employee benefits, while upholding the requirement of the California Rule that detrimental changes otherwise must be accompanied by offsetting new advantages. Under the standard articulated by the Court, pension reforms advocated by former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed to reduce pension costs would almost certainly be held unconstitutional. 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT State Trustee's we need your endorsements. Please submit your Lodge endorsement on or before August 15, 2020 to President Roger Mayberry or Secretary Matt Heady. Presidential Endorsement Time Line LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT The LA County Board of Supervisors recently voted 4-1 to place on the November ballot a charter amendment to cut 10% of the county's public safety budget. They want to "redistribute" it to community programs, but what they are doing is trying to defund LA County Law Enforcement. Please stand behind Lodge 1 Member Association PPOA, and Lodge 702 LA County Probation Supervisors as they fight to keep LA residents safe. PPOA President Tab Rhodes Response BILL SPOTLIGHT AB 1022 (HOLDEN) - PEACE OFFICERS: USE OF FORCE Would augment the penalties for excessive use force most critically by creating a three-strikes-and-you’re-out rule that would disqualify people from being peace officers if they have used excessive force or failed to intercede to prevent it three times. It would require officers to report when a fellow officer uses excessive force and attempt to intercede to stop it and if they “willfully” fail to, they would be considered principals in that crime. It would also launch a website where citizens can file complaints and search for public records of peace officers by name. The CAFOP is OPPOSED of this bill. AB 1022 (HOLDEN) PEACE OFFICERS : USE OF FORCE PRESIDENT TRUMP APPOINTS NEW SENIOR ADVISOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT National FOP Immediate Past President Chuck Canterbury (South Carolina) was recently appointed by President Trump to serve as Senior Advisor for Law Enforcement to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. Congratulations to a great friend of California Chuck Canterbury WASHINGTON WATCH National Fraternal Order of Police - Washington Watch. The weekly legislative update in Washington DC Washington Watch - Legislative Update OAKLEY EMPLOYEE PURCHASE STORE NOW OPEN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT The Oakley Employee Purchase Store is now open for law enforcement officers and fire fighters through phone orders and curbside pick-up. Your discount of 40-50 percent off retail price is still valid for this special purchase through the Law Enforcement and Fire Shopping Program. Please see the attached flyer for more information on the program, how to make a purchase, and store hours and location. ARTICLES OF INTEREST O.C. police review groups want officers to give shooting-related testimony immediately. Chief disagrees ACLU sues Pomona Police Department over its deadly force policy George Floyd protests: Black police officers see fight for racial justice through personal lens In the wake of George Floyd, a question looms: Who should be a police officer? California considers strict ‘George Floyd’ law to punish police who fail to intervene First LAPD officer to die after getting the coronavirus was ‘one of the good ones,’ chief says CalPERS chief’s abrupt resignation preceded by conflict of interest questions Inside the ‘culture of violence’ alleged by LAPD SWAT whistleblower VISIT OUR WEBSITE CAFOP.ORG CA FOP PROUDLY REPRESENTS ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH OUT THE STATE Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs Plumas County Probation Association of Probation Supervisors SEIU 721,BU 702 Professional Peace Officers Association Azusa Police Management Association Rialto Police Benevolent Association Bell Gardens Police Officers Association Riverside Police Officers Association Costa Mesa Police Officers Association Sacramento County Probation Downey Police Officers Association Sacramento County Sheriffs Supervisors Federal Department of Defense Sacramento Deputy Sheriffs Association Fontana Police Officers Association San Bernardino Management Unit Hermosa Beach Police Officers Association San Diego County Probation Managers Imperial County Probation San Francisco Sheriff's Managers & Supervisors Assn. 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