To help you learn more about where and who your fellow members are, in PORAC Law Enforcement News we’ll profile each of the 14 chapters up and down the state. We hope that reading about every chapter’s challenges and achievements will bring us all closer together and inspire you, your association and your own chapter as you navigate the road ahead. This month, we feature the Redwood Chapter. Read More
PORAC Trust Profile – Insurance and Benefits Trust (IBT)
Want to learn more about what goes on behind the scenes at PORAC? We’re turning the spotlight on each of the specialized committees and trusts that are working hard to serve our members. This month, we focus on the Insurance and Benefits Trust.
When law enforcement officers put on their uniforms, they do so not knowing what they’ll encounter during their shift or whether they’ll make it back home to their loved ones at the end of it. The unpredictable nature of the job has officers putting their lives on the line each day, and for that reason, they need to ensure they have proper safeguards in place to protect not only themselves but their loved ones in case of injury, illness or death, on duty or off. Read More
Capitol Beat – Legislation on PORAC’s Radar
On Monday, May 4, the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation (CPOMF) will host the 44th annual California Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony at the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument on State Capitol grounds in Sacramento. The ceremony serves to formally enroll peace officers who have died in the line of duty the previous year, to pay tribute to the over 1,600 officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice since California became a state and to honor the families left behind. Our law enforcement family continues to experience tremendous loss, and this ceremony helps honor those who laid down their lives and ensure their legacy will live on. Read More
Federal Legislation – A Return to Normalcy?
After a tumultuous and controversial start to the new decade, things in Washington have quieted down and taken a turn back toward the routine — if anything in President Donald Trump’s Washington can be considered routine. The impeachment trial in the Senate concluded with a whimper rather than a bang, and President Trump carried out two of the longest-standing traditions of the presidency: delivering a State of the Union address and releasing his budget recommendations. Each of these have potential ramifications for law enforcement agencies in California and across the nation. Read More
Huntington Beach POA Helps Establish New IDR Process
California peace officers and all public safety personnel face many challenges that expose them to a very real risk of serious injury and death. We are all aware of the pitfalls to the workers’ compensation (workers’ comp) system. However, peace officers face even more uncertainty when entering the industrial disability retirement (IDR) process. Read More
Mentoring: From Ancient Times to Today’s Modern Law Enforcement Agency
The concept of mentoring can trace its roots to ancient Greek mythology. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, leaves to fight in the Trojan War, leaving his son Telemachus in the care of his most trusted adviser named Mentor. It was Mentor’s job to show Telemachus the ways of being a king and to act as his formal adviser. This was a common theme in Greek society as craftsmen would often take on young males as apprentices and act as their mentors. Later, during the Middle Ages, this practice became more structured as master craftsmen (bootmakers, carpenters, etc.) formed guilds and began formal apprenticeships. On their way to becoming a master, these journeymen learned their trade(s) and eventually took over the business when the old master retired. Indeed, the root meaning of the word “masterpiece” literally translates as a custom “piece” made by the “master.” Read More