On the Job Podcast

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite in CalPERS Board incumbent Margaret Brown and nominee Tiffany Moran, who are both candidates for two CalPERS board seats. Marvel and Kurtz discuss the importance of CalPERS, their seats, and why PORAC endorses their nominations.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz visit the Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) headquarters in Camdenton, Missouri to talk with C.O.P.S. Executive Director Dianne Bernhard about line of duty death coping and what her nonprofit organization has to offer to help.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite in RMT Chairman Terry Moore and PORAC Board Representative Tim Davis to talk about PORAC’s Retiree Medical Trust and why PORAC members should join the program.

On this special episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite PORAC Training Coordinator Cathy Knape into the studio to provide an overview of what training classes our PORAC Institute is offering for the remainder of the year and 2022.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz host California Congressman Jimmy Panetta on Zoom to discuss the importance of bipartisanship in Congress, his stance on police reform negotiations, and the Victim Witness Protection Act.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite in San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow to discuss membership involvement in elected positions and our current political climate regarding law enforcement.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite in Congressman Devin Nunes to hear updates from Washington D.C. and his support for California’s law enforcement.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite in Assemblymember Jim Cooper to hear updates on California legislation and his support for our state’s law enforcement.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz sit down with PORAC Legislative Analyst Randy Perry of Aaron Read & Associates to discuss SB 387 aka The Learn Act.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz bring on PORAC Executive Committee Member Barry Donelan and PORAC Central Coast Chapter Director Mike Pruger to talk about the success of their Fund A Hero campaigns that were hosted by their associations and the benefits they raised.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz bring on Sean Sheppard of the nonprofit organization Embrace to hear updates on how the Game Changer program has been since the COVID-19 March shutdowns.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz meet up with actress and documentarian Tracy Melchior in Las Vegas to discuss her upcoming law enforcement documentary “Monochrome.”

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz sit down with PORAC Legislative Analyst Randy Perry of Aaron Read & Associates to discuss the November 2020 election results in California.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite in special guest William Shatner to talk about his latest projects and his positive experience with law enforcement.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite Yasha Nikitin of Huntington Beach POA, retired Workers’ Compensation Judge Steven Siemers and John Ferrone of Adams, Ferrone & Ferrone law firm to discuss Huntington Beach POA’s new IDR Process.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz welcome PORAC’s legislative advocate, from Aaron Read & Associates, Randy Perry. As well as two of PORAC’s LDF Panel Attorney’s; David E. Mastagni of Mastagni Holstedt, APC and Timothy K. Talbot of Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC. This shortened legislative session due to COVID19 produced an onslaught of over two dozen public safety bills introduced. We discuss the outcome of SB 731 (Bradford) as well as the new PORAC Policy Platform and how we chart a new path forward for public safety officers while restoring public trust in law enforcement in 2021 and beyond.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz talk with PORAC Executive Committee Member Marshall McClain and PORAC Inland Chapter President Rich Randolph to discuss PORAC’s new coalition called United for Positive Reform, which brings together organizations and community members to find a better way to make change that is not politically charged. McClain is the chairman of the coalition while Randolph is the Vice-chairman.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC Podcast, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz invite Randy Perry, from Aaron Read and Associates to the show to discuss major California Law Enforcement Legislation. Randy, PORAC’s legislative advocate in California, discusses the upcoming articles of legislation.

On this episode of On the Job With PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Damon Kurtz video chat with PORAC Executive Committee Member and Los Angeles Airport POA President Marshall McClain about the nationwide protests that are taking place in response to the death of George Floyd and PORAC’s response to the incident.