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    Law Enforcement Under Attack

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PORAC Law Enforcement News Featured Articles For July 2020- Standing on the Right Side of Right, PORAC POWER Project: Hope for a Culture of Unity, Community and Wellness, PORAC Director Profile: Marshall McClain, Inland Chapter Gives a Helping Hand During Sanitizer Shortage, Capitol Beat & Federal Legislation Read More »

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Bay Area Chapter Meeting

July 14 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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July 15 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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July 16 at 10:30 am

Peace officers collectively join PORAC directly through their local peace officers’ association

PORAC members are spread throughout California and are divided into four geographic regions and subdivided into 14 chapters

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PORAC Newsline

Outreach efforts we are making to strengthen your law enforcement rights in California.
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PORAC President Brian Marvel’s Written Testimony For The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice

In his testimony, President Marvel stressed the need for a collaborative approach to reform... Read more »

PORAC POWER Project: Hope for a Culture of Unity, Community and Wellness

Riots. Fires. Injuries. Death. Deserved or not, one officer’s actions have become the... Read more »

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Brian Marvel

  • President’s Message - July 2020
    Amazing how the world turns in less than a month. One incident in one city a thousand miles away has upended our entire profession, sparking dramatic calls for police reform at the federal, state and local levels. All the hard work responding to the COVID-19 crisis, the last couple of years working with the Legislature on Senate Bill 230/Assembly Bill 392, and the increased work on building greater relationships and trust within minority communities all pretty much evaporated overnight with the death of George Floyd. A vast majority of peace officers around the nation, including PORAC, were shocked and saddened by what we saw on that video.
Vice President

Damon Kurtz

  • Vice President’s Message - July 2020
    To say 2020 has been life-altering would be an understatement. We began it with a sense of optimism: After three years of negotiations on use-of-force reform in California, we had landed on a solution that we felt addressed the needs of the public and law enforcement with AB 392 taking effect in January and SB 230 set to go into effect in 2021. But by March, the COVID-19 pandemic was in full effect and we all experienced a complete shutdown of our country. Now, in the aftermath of the George Floyd incident in Minneapolis, we find ourselves in a national battle over extreme reforms to law enforcement at a national level.
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Timothy Davis

  • Treasurer’s Message - July 2020
    Over the past several years, we have felt intense pressure to “reform” policing in America. Often, the reforms advocated are not well thought out and would make both our communities and our police less safe by placing dangerous and unrealistic burdens on law enforcement officers. Following every high-profile event, we have seen a new demand for police to make additional concessions, often in the areas of officer safety and due process rights. Removing these existing rights would prevent officers from thoroughly safeguarding our communities while also protecting our safety. Often the concessions are forced on law enforcement agencies by pandering politicians in order to appease a loud but very small segment of our community.

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PORAC President Brian Marvel’s Written Testimony For The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice

In his testimony, President Marvel stressed the need for a collaborative approach to reform that builds a two-way trust and respect between law enforcement officers and their communities. Only through a truly multi-faceted dialogue can our country realize the best public safety outcomes. Read More »

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