President Steaman reported that he, Markss, andDonovan all attended the CDAA Winter Conference in Shell Beach in January of this year. Steaman said

the hosted cocktail gathering that CDAIA sponsored was a huge success with the attendees and contributes to thecontinued camaraderie we enjoy with CDAA.

Steaman said they were invited to join CDAA topmanagement staff for dinner one evening, which allowed for the discussion of CDAIA’S sponsored ManagementTraining being offered at their summer conferencescheduled for June in Napa. CDAA also expressed theirsincere gratitude for the time and energy it took CDAIAto prepare the management survey. They felt thisinformation was extremely beneficial to theirorganization.

Steaman reminded the board of Law and LegislationDay coming up April 24 &25, 2007. CDAIA will beco-sponsoring a reception on the evening of the 24th.Donovan, Steaman and Markss will be attending.Steaman will address the attendees and share some briefremarks about the association and our involvement andcontinued support of Law and Leg Day.

Steaman reported that the association has been askedto sponsor a cocktail gathering at CDAA’s SummerConference in Napa from June 24-27, 2007. There wasdiscussion regarding the possibility of increasing ourmonetary donation for the gathering from $2000.00 to2,500.00. After lengthy discussion the board agreed toincrease the amount to $2,500.00. The cocktail gatheringis scheduled for the evening of June 27th.

The Executive Management Training that will beoffered June 26 &27, 2007 in Napa has been finalized. The training will coincide with the CDAA SummerConference and it is POST Plan III Certified and is beingoffered to the Chief’s and Assistant Chief’s. Per POSTrequirements the first twenty attendees must be swornpersonnel. There will be room for approximately fiftyparticipants which will allow for attorney managementstaff and supervisors who wish to attend.

Steaman reported CDAA Homicide Symposium isscheduled for April 16-20, 2007 at the Westin in LongBeach. CDAA has graciously agree d to allow CDAIA to have a recruitment table available for those countieswishing to provide materials about their agency. Steaman said there will be a different representativeavailable each day from the southern California Counties

INSIDEOfficer Reports Page 2-4

Legislation Updates Page 9

Good & Welfare Page 5-8

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He also extended the invitation to any other counties thatwould be interested in being represented either by havinga person there or just providing materials. Steamanreported that Chief Brad Kerns of Alameda CountyD.A.’s office and Chief Rob Guidi of Marin County haveexpressed an interest in becoming involved with theCDAIA board. He asked that we please keep them inmind should an opening arise on the board or acommittee.

VICE PRESIDENT’SREPORTMarkss reports that he has gath -ered some in for ma tion re gard ingob tain ing in sur ance for theCDAIA Board of Di rec tors.CDAA has a pol icy that cov ers er -rors and omis sions and the cost isap prox i mately $3,000.00. Marksssaid the board would not be re -quired to have li quor li a bil ity cov -er age. He will need a let ter ofde ter mi na tion ex plain ing our501c (6) sta tus and will need acopy of the board’s Ar ti cles ofIn cor po ra tion. He ex plainedthere are two types of in sur anceavail able and he will pro vide furher in for ma tion at the next board meeting.

Marks re ported he will be at tend -ing a re tire ment party next monthfor D.A. Gary Luck, Lake County, and will pres ent him with the rec -og ni tion cer tif i cate from CDAIA. At the re quest of Pres i dentSteaman we will have a 2007 Con fer ence Re port out of or -der from the agenda to ac com mo date the con fer encecom mit tee.

SECRETARY’S REPORTTrulsson re minded the board mem bers to send their good

and wel fare re ports in a timely man ner. She also asked that

each mem ber please proof read their re ports for spell ing,

gram mar and punc tu a tion and to send them in a word

doc u ment, Times New Ro man, 12 font. This will make for

an easy tran si tion when com pil ing all of the re ports into

one doc u ment.

LAW & LEGMike Pirotto is at tend ing monthlyCDAA meet ings on our be half. Don o van re ports that our or ga ni -za tion has been asked by CDAAto re view laws that will af fect us. They are ask ing for our opin ionsand re views. Mike Pirotto is do ing a great job in keep ing all of theper ti nent leg is la tion up dates onour website.

Haley re ports the website is do ing well. Dana Carruso hasbeen very re spon sive when we have called her. Thenews-let ter will be re for mat ted and have a link to the le galup date.

We are go ing to start track ing how many peo ple are ac tu -ally vis it ing the site and how many agen cies are us ing thesite to pub lish job open ings.

WEBSITE

TIMELINESteaman re ports this is the meet -ing the schol ar ship com mit tee isto se lect the win ners.

April-di rec tory up dates due

April 1st - Pros e cu tor and In ves ti -ga tor of the year no tices are to besent out to the chiefs.

May 1st - Nom i na tions for board mem bers opens.

May 31st Nom i na tions for board mem bers close.

INVESTIGATOR OF THEYEARSteaman re ports let ters to the Chief ’s will be sent out April

1, 2007.

PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR Steaman re ports this in for ma tion will be in cluded in thesame let ter he will send out April 1 to the Chief ’s. Both re -cip i ents will be se lected at the June board meeting.

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Don o van re ports there is $63, 383.70 in the check ing ac -

count. Our mem ber ship is up and con tin u ing to grow.

There are ap prox i mately 68 po ten tial mem bers from 11

coun ties who are not mem bers. Each board mem ber will

reach out to their good and wel fare coun ties to en cour age

sup port and mem ber ship. Don o van asked the board to

as sist in find ing a new CPA to pre pare our taxes. He ex -

plained our taxes are fairly straight for ward and not com -

pli cated. Both Steaman and Markss of fered to con tact

in di vid u als they are aquainted with, who may be in ter ested

in as sist ing and re port back to the board.

Sims re ports he has re ceived nine teen ap pli ca tions at thistime. The com mit tee was not pre pared to make a de ci sionat this time. Sims will send cop ies of ap pli ca tions to allcom mit tee mem bers for their re view. The com mit teemem bers will send their rank ings to Sims. Sims re portedthey will award two five hun dred dol lar and two one thou -sand dol lar schol ar ships.

TRAINING/PROFESSIONALISMDon o van re ports the fi nal touches are be ing com pletedfor the Man age ment Train ing which is sched uled for Junein con junc tion with the CDAA Sum mer Con fer ence inNapa at Silverado. Don o van ex plained there is charge offive hun dred dol lars for the use of the room. He will speak with PMW As so ci ates to see if they are in a po si tion tocover the ex pense for the room. If they are not able tocover the cost then the board will au tho rize the five hun -dred dol lars.

Don o van wanted to en cour age the elected to in vite theirD.A. su per vi sors and man ag ers to at tend free of charge.There was lengthy dis cus sion re gard ing the fee for thistrain ing and the fee for the CDAA con fer ence. At thistime both fees must be paid sep a rately. Steaman andMarkss will work on this with CDAA for next year’s con -fer ence and train ing.

Van Nort re ports the In ves ti ga tion and Trial Prep train ingis mov ing along great. There are three classes sched uled inthe south at Dana Point for this year with sixty-five stu -dents in each class. Two schools are sched uled in the north this year at Roseville.DIRECTORY

Markss re ports that Chief Al Garza has vol un teered to as -

sist with the di rec tory and has sug gested that the di rec tory

be placed on a CD. Markss will fol low up with Garza and

ex plore the pos si bil ity of mak ing the di rec tory avail able

on a CD. The di rec tory is a ben e fit af forded to dues pay ing

mem bers and there was some con cern if it was made avail -

able on a CD that the in for ma tion would be shared with

coun ties who do not be long to CDAIA. How ever, af ter

fur ther dis cus sion it was de ter mined that there are a very

small num ber of in ves ti ga tors who are not mem bers and it

was felt this would not be a prob lem.

SCHOLARSHIPS

TREASURER’S REPORT

2008 CONFERENCE This re port was taken out of or der due to the fact thatChief Gon za les had a flight to catch. Chief Gon za les re -ported on be half of John Haley. He said there is a com -mit tee of ap prox i mately forty vol un teers bro ken downinto sub-com mit tees for the 2008 con fer ence. The Man -ches ter Grand Hyatt San Diego is the host ho tel for thecon fer ence. They have se cured two hun dred and fiftyrooms at this time, how ever, the ho tel has in di cated theywill be flex i ble as the rooms are booked. This will be an allin clu sive con fer ence with the tar get reg is tra tion cost ofeight hun dred and fifty five dol lars. The com mit tee has alist of ap prox i mately one hun dred and fifty po ten tialspon sors who are will ing to do nate ei ther fi nan cially, pro -vid ing a prod uct, or a ser vice. Gon za les re ported there area cou ple of lo cal po lice agen cies that have ex pressed an in -ter est in mak ing some type of do na tion.

The con fer ence is sched uled for Sep tem ber 2-5, 2008. The com mit tee is cur rently re view ing five dif fer ent golfcourses for the tour na ment. Terry Gon za les, sec re tary tothe D.A., is very in volved and will co or di nat ing a lot of the events.

Chico asked for the board’s ap proval of two let ters thecom mit tee was re quest ing to send to po ten tial spon sors. The board re viewed and ap proved them.

At this time there was lengthy discussion for the board toappoint a conference representative each year to assist thefollowing year’s committee. The representative will befrom the current year’s committee. This will allow forcontinued continuity in the planning of the annualconference. The board agreed to cover therepresentative’s expenses.

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OLD BUSINESSTax Pro fes sional-pre vi ously dis cussed.

Of fice e-mail ad dresses-Steaman will send out let ters tothe Chiefs re quest ing their agency’s intranet e-mail ad -dresses. Hav ing these ad dresses will al low for thewebmaster to send out fifty-eight e-mails in-lieu of fif teenhun dred.

The board engaged in a lengthy discussion on theappropriate disposition of profits made from each year’sconference. The conclusion was to keep our gentlemen’sagreement. Beginning with the 2008 conference we willopen a separate bank account each year for theconference. This will allow the board the opportunity toaudit the account if necessary.

CDAA had offered CDAIA office space in their newbuilding which is the old Masonic Lodge in Sacramento. They have recently discovered they will need all of theavailable space in their new building. The board hadalready felt there was not a need for us to have an office inCDAA’s building. The board expressed gratitude for thethoughtfulness of CDAA in their original offer.

G&W

NEW BUSINESSDon o van re ports he was con tacted by PolicePrivacy.Comre quest ing to ad ver tise on the CDAIA website. This com -pany will as sist any peace of fi cer in hav ing their names and per sonal in for ma tion re moved from pub lic re cords. Af terdis cus sion the board felt it was not in the best in ter est ofthe mem bers for us to al low this ad ver tise ment on ourwebsite. It was felt that if a peace of fi cer wanted to par tic i -pate in this pro gram that each per son could con tact themin di vid u ally. Cunnie will con tact them to see if they maybe in ter ested in be ing a ven dor at this year’s con fer ence.

Don o van re ported on the Gov er nor’s Pub lic Em ployeePost-Em ploy ment Ben e fits Com mis sion. This com mit teewill be look ing at re tire ment is sues for both the Coun tiesof the 1937 Act and PERS. The com mit tee is look ing foras much in put as pos si ble from law en force ment. We areen cour aged to get the word out among our of fices andcon tact Don o van with any is sues we feel should be ad -dressed.

Leg Day: Leg Day is scheduled for April 24 & 25, 2007 inSacramento. Steaman, Donovan, and marks will attend. CDAIA is once again a co-sponsor and Steaman willaddress the attendees.

Sworn Chief ’s position Ventura County: Steamanreported that the Chief ’s position in Ventura County hashistorically been a non sworn position. With the pendingretirement of Chief Gary Auer, Ventura County D.A. hasthe opportunity to return the position to its previous stateof a peace officer. Steaman wanted to express his andD.A. Gregory Totten’s appreciation to Donovan for a wellwritten letter in support of the Chief ’s position returningto sworn. Donovan’s letter explained the history ofCDAIA and the importance of having a Chief that issworn. Donovan also pointed out the position ismandated by POST to be sworn in order to be eligible forreimbursement.

Trulsson re ports the G&W re ports are still not all be ingsent in proper for mat or on time. The proper for mat isTimes New Ro man 12 font, writ ten in third per son.Trulsson also asked each board mem ber to proof read their re ports for gram mar, spell ing, and punc tu a tion be foresend ing them. Trulsson re ports it is not fea si ble for herto proof read and make cor rec tions on each per son’s re -ports be fore send ing them to the webmaster for the news -let ter. It would be greatly ap pre ci ated if each per son would as sist in this re spon si bil ity.

NEXT MEETINGNext meet ing is sched uled for Tues day June 12, 2007 in

Or ange County 10:00 am. Lo ca tion to be de ter mined.

Calaveras County

A new hire in Calaveras County is Mike Whit ney. Hestarted on 2/19/07. He co mes from the CalaverasCounty Sher iff ’s Of fice. Prior to that he worked for the An gels Camp Po lice De part ment. Both Mike and Mor -gan are DA Inv. I ‘s.

John Crawford’s po si tion as Se nior In ves ti ga tor was re -clas si fied to DA In ves ti ga tor II. The new po si tion addssu per vi sor re spon si bil i ties (fi nally put in writ ing). Westill do not have a chief po si tion but it will be added in a couple of years

Butte County

In ves ti ga tors: We re cently hired John An gle from Par a -dise P.D. who is as signed to Au to mo bile In sur anceFraud, and Jeff Wiles from Gridley P.D. as signed to the Mar i juana En force ment Unit. Inv. Bruce Wristen waspro moted to Lieu ten ant and as signed to the Ma jorCrimes Unit. Lt. Craig Gill is retiring in April.

We ac ti vated our own com mu ni ca tions sys tem in Jan u -ary with our own dis patch staffed five days per week.

Sac ra mento County

Our new est crim i nal in ves ti ga tor is for mer Sac ra mento Sher iff ’s De tec tive Sue John son. Ad di tion ally, we arein the pro cess of do ing back grounds on 4 more in ves ti -ga tor can di dates we hope to hire soon

The lat est ses sion of the North ern Cal i for nia 2-weeknew in ves ti ga tor train ing was com pleted at the end ofJan u ary. This class had CIs from 16 dif fer ent coun tiesin at ten dance and was re sound ingly suc cess ful. Manythanks to Yolo DA’s Su per vis ing In ves ti ga tor RandySkaggs and Sac ra mento DA’s Lieu ten ant Mark Rall foror ga niz ing and co or di nat ing this train ing. (They alsoacted as proc tors for the en tire ses sion) Fur ther, we ap -pre ci ate, as well, the other North ern Cal i for nia coun -ties who send instructors to teach in each session.

A new spe cial team was re cently added to our of fice. Itis called the TARGET Team. This team, com prised of

2 DDAs and 1 crim i nal in ves ti ga tor, will tar get vi o lentarmed re cid i vists and gang mem bers who pres ent thehigh est level of threat to the com mu nity. The team in -ves ti ga tor will take a proactive roll in work ing with al -lied agen cies to seek out armed gang mem bers, armedpa rol ees, and other armed vi o lent re cid i vists. The re -sult of this ef fort will be high est pos si ble sen tences forof fend ers and a much safer com mu nity.

San Diego

The San Diego Dis trict At tor ney’s Of fice just hired thefol low ing in di vid u als as D.A. In ves ti ga tors: JulieBradley (San Diego P.D.); Sal Cam pos (El Cajon P.D.);Wal ter Escobar (SDPD); Ted Henson (EscondidoP.D.); Steve Kingkade (SDPD); Rob ert Lobato(SDPD); Perry McIvor (SDPD); Jeff Miller (SDPD);James Motz (FBI); Liza Prodigalidad (SDPD); Fran -cisco Ramirez (SDPD); Dave Soliven (SDPD); JamesSweetser (SDPD); Joe Winney (SDPD); Rich ardWisseman (El Cajon P.D.); and J.R. Young (SDPD). The fol low ing DAI’s are set to re tire: SDAI AlMelancon; SDAI Jack Strumsky; SDAI Rob ertMarquez; DAI Carmen Piscatelli; DAI Steve Baker;and DAI Bob Baker.

The 2008 CDAIA Con fer ence Com mit tee con tin ues to get things roll ing. A con fer ence host ho tel should belocked in very shortly. Bu reau Chief Paula Rob in sonand the man age ment staff are in volved in on go ing stra -te gic plan ning ses sions for the Bu reau. Some of thetop ics in clude im prov ing re cruit ing ef forts and im ple -ment ing law enforcement liaison projects.

San Bernardino County

Chief Mike Smith re ports that the San BernardinoCounty DA’s Of fice has hired Se nior In ves ti ga tor EricBremner, for merly a Ser geant with the Rialto Po liceDe part ment. Bremner is as signed to the Real Es tateFraud Unit. The San Bernardino County DA’s Of ficehas three ad di tional in ves ti ga tors in background.

Se nior In ves ti ga tor Bruce Granlund is re tir ing af ter 30years of law en force ment ser vice. Sr. Inv. Granlund’smost re cent as sign ment was Child Abduction.

The San Bernardino County DA’s Of fice an tic i patesthe ap proval of ad di tional Se nior In ves ti ga tor po si -tions by the Board of Su per vi sors this com ing sum mer

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Good and Welfare

and re cruit ment is con tin u ous. If you or some one youknow is in ter ested in a po si tion with the SanBernardino DA’s Of fice, Bu reau of In ves ti ga tion,please con tact As sis tant Chief Mike Donovan at (909)387-6582.

Con tra Costa County

Chief Gene Green wald of the Con tra Costa CountyDA’s Of fice re ports they have one Se nior In spec torcan di date in the back ground pro cess. Other than thecan di date they have in back ground, Con tra Costa DA’sOf fice has noth ing ad di tional to report.

Shasta County

Chief Dan Kartchner of the Shasta County DA’s Of -fice re ports that Den nis Sowder was pro moted to Dep -uty Chief, and that Mar i lyn Robrahn and Ken nethBurbank were pro moted to Su per vis ing In ves ti ga tor. Supv. DAI Robrahn will be in charge of Wel fare Fraudand Supv. DAI Burbank will su per vise the Ma jor Crime Unit. Shasta County DA was suc cess ful in cre at ing aDA In ves ti ga tor I (Trainee) po si tion. The first In ves ti -ga tor I hired un der this new plan was Mi chael Wallace,a 19-year vet eran of the Shasta County Sher iff ’s De -part ment. Randy Knox, an In ves ti ga tor from TehamaCounty DA’s Of fice was hired as an In ves ti ga tor II andis assigned to the Work Comp Fraud Unit.

In ves ti ga tor II Rich ard Ed wards was as signed to thenewly cre ated En vi ron men tal Crimes Unit. In ves ti ga -tive Tech ni cian Char lotte Pacheco was hired from theSan Bernardino County Wel fare Fraud Unit. KarlHowol was hired from the Shasta County Sher iff ’s De -part ment as an In ves ti ga tive Tech ni cian for the newEnvironmental Crimes Unit.

Santa Cruz County

Chief In spec tor Mike Roe of the Santa Cruz CountyDA’s Of fice re ports that Santa Cruz County hired Insp.George Rivera from Wastonville PD. Insp. Rivera is as -signed to the Do mes tic Vi o lence Unit. Santa CruzCounty’s in spec tors voted in a new un ion to rep re senttheir in ter ests: COPS. The in spec tors are pres ently inne go ti a tions with the County us ing their new union.

Plumas County

In ves ti ga tor Jeff Wilkenson of the Plumas CountyDA’s Of fice re ports heavy snow in his county. Otherthan get ting a work out shov el ing snow, things inPlumas County re main sta tus quo.

San Fran cisco City and County

Chief Chris Cunnie from the San Fran cisco Dis trictAt tor ney’s Bu reau of In ves ti ga tions re ports the fol low -ing new hire for the Bu reau. Jennifer Thomp son washired Feb ru ary 26, 2007 as a Crim i nal In ves ti ga tor.Jennifer Thomp son worked for the San Fran cisco Po -lice De part ment as part of the Mayor’s Se cu rity de tail.Cur rently there are no open positions. No otherreports.

Ne vada County

In ves ti ga tor Paul Lastufka from the Ne vada CountyDis trict At tor ney re ports the fol low ing. Dis trict At tor -ney Mi chael Fer gu son and As sis tant Dis trict At tor neyRon ald Wolfson re tired. There is a newly elected Dis -trict At tor ney, Clif ford New ell, for merly Dep uty Dis -trict At tor ney with Ne vada County and newlyap pointed As sis tant Dis trict At tor ney, Anna Fer gu son(no re la tion to Mi chael Fer gu son), for merly Dep utyDis trict At tor ney with Kings county. No other info toreport.

Mono County

The Mono County Dis trict At tor ney’s Of fice, ChiefWade McCammond re ported, that their of fice is wait -ing on a pro posed re quest for an ad di tional Dis trict At -tor ney In ves ti ga tor po si tion for the Mam moth Lakesof fice, for the fis cal year 2007/2008. No other reports.

San Mateo County

Chief John War ren re ports the fol low ing. OnMarch 5, 2007, a new In spec tor was hired for the In ves ti ga tions Bu reau. In spec tor Eric Acha wassworn in by the Dis trict At tor ney fol low ing 12 –years work ing for the Red wood City Po lice De -part ment. In spec tor Acha has worked the last 4years in the De tec tive Di vi sion and is bi lin gual(Ta ga log). In spec tor Acha will be as signed as our

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Gang Li ai son In spec tor work ing with the County Gang Task Force. On March 10, 2007, In spec torOmar Barraza re signed from em ploy ment fol -low ing 5 years in the In ves ti ga tions Bu reau. Hisnew ca reer op por tu nity will fo cus on the SanMateo County De fense Panel. We of fer himgood luck in his fu ture en deav ors. My Of fice isalso in the pro cess of hir ing a sec ond In spec torfor the Bu reau. A Con di tional Of fer of Em ploy -ment has been of fered pend ing the Psy cho log i cal and Med i cal Ex am i na tions. It is anticipated thisnew Inspector will be hired by the first of Mayof 2007.

Yolo County

Chief Mar tin re ports As sis tant Dis trict At tor ney JeffReisig was hired on Jan u ary 9, 2007, for the at tor neyside of the de part ment. Jeff Reisig since hired hasstarted a County Wide Gang Task Force out of theDis trict At tor ney’s Of fice. Chief Mar tin also re portsthere has been an on go ing re cruit ment, but the prob -lems they are fac ing are not be ing able to find qualifiedapplicants.

Napa County

In ves ti ga tor Ed Knutsen from the In ves ti ga tions Bu -reau of Napa County re ports the fol low ing. Cur rentlytheir staff con sists of a Chief In ves ti ga tor, Su per vi sor,six fulltime In ves ti ga tors, five part-time In ves ti ga tors,and one Child Ab duc tion Spe cial ist. We were able tose cure an other part-time In ves ti ga tor po si tion as wehired a fe male po lice of fi cer from St. Hel ena Po lice De -part ment. She gave up her full-time job with St. Hel enain or der to gain more flex i bil ity in her life. We ex pect tore place a full-time position this summer as one ouremployee’s will be on dis abil ity re tire ment. We havealso re quested an ad di tional new In ves ti ga tor po si tion.Ev ery thing is go ing smoothly at this point.

Alameda County

Chief In spec tor Brad Kearns re ports the fol low ing:Pro mo tions: In spec tor II Steve Matsumoto to In spec -tor III. New hires: Bruce Brock and James Beal, bothre tired ser geants at the Oak land Po lice De part ment,hired as In spec tor II. Harry Hu, re tired lieu ten ant atthe Oak land Po lice De part ment, hired as In spec tor II.

Re tire ments: In spec tor III Al Salerno (I may have al -ready re ported this one-he left on 9/22/06)In spec torII Jim Bergstrom. Inspector II Ron Luna.

Sonoma

Chief In ves ti ga tor Tony Gillotte re ports the fol low ing:We are in the back ground pro cess to hire 3 DAIs. Weare also look ing at com bin ing ef forts with at least 4other County De part ments to go to a full dis patch ser -vice with the Sher iff ’s Of fice. Would be be tween thehours of 0700 hrs and 1900 hrs. Mon day-Fri day. Mainis sue is the safety of hav ing DAIs go ing out and there is no track ing of them. Cur rently wait ing for a cost es ti -mate from the S.O. Also look ing to im ple ment a con -sis tent Bureau report writing system.

Riv er side County

Rich Van Nort re ports that since Feb ru ary 2007 the of -fice has hired (14) new Se nior in ves ti ga tors as fol lows:Jeff Chebahtah (Riv er side Co. Sher iff), Scott Mi chaels(Riv er side Co. Sher iff), Da vid Grande (Na tional CityPD), John Greco (San Bernardino Co. Sher iff), Ste venNieves (Ban ning PD), Adrian Soler (LAPD), ToddWis hart (Rialto PD), Su san Hanna (Brea PD), CraigJohn son (Or ange Co. Sher iff), Fa bian Granados (Riv -er side Co. Sher iff), Ron McGowan (Riv er side Co. Sher -iff), Kim Rob in son (San Diego PD), Leo Vandor(Or ange Co. Sher iff), and Ka ren Rob in son (VacavillePD).Also, there are (2) po ten tial can di dates in back -grounds and the of fice is cur rently test ing to hire aminimum of (8) new Senior In ves ti ga tors.

Con tact per son for news let ter: Se nior In ves ti ga tor IIIRich Van Nort e-mail: rvannort@rivcoda.org

Trin ity County

Da vid Cox re ports that he is still the only in ves ti ga tor,and due to bud get con straints it will stay that way for awhile. Also, things are go ing very well with the newlyelected Dis trict At tor ney Mi chael Harper. Mi chael hasbeen with them for (6) years, and was for merly with theSac ra mento Dis trict At tor ney’s Office.

Con tact Per son for news let ter: Chief In ves ti ga torDave Cox e-mail: dcox@trinitycounty.org

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Tulare County

Spoke with As sis tant Chief Mi chael Montejano whoad vised that they will be test ing to hire one or two in -ves ti ga tors in the near future.

Con tact Per son for news let ter: As sis tant Chief Mi chael Montejano e-mail mmonteja@co.tulare.ca.us

Yuba

Con tact Per son for News let ter: In ves ti ga tor PaulDeWoody e-mail: pdewoody@co.yuba.ca.us

San Joaquin

Chief Ferrari re ports things are mov ing along nicely. The Bu reau has re cently hired Javier Ramos as a DAI I. Javier came from San Joaquin County Sher iffs Of ficewith four teen years ex pe ri ence. Javier has an ex ten siveback ground in ho mi cide and will be as signed to ourgen eral crimes unit. We are ask ing for sev eral more in -ves ti ga tors along with sev eral in ves ti ga tive as sis tants inthe 07/08 bud get in or der to keep up with the workload gen er ated by the growing attorney staff.

We have two ap pli cants for DAI I in the back groundpro cess and pos si bly one more on the way. These in -ves ti ga tors would fill po si tions open in our Wel fareFraud Unit, In sur ance Fraud, and Gen eral Crimes.

Chief Ferrari also shared that San Joaquin CountyD.A.’s Of fice will be host ing the North ern Cal i for niaChief In ves ti ga tors meet ing May 9th in Lodi at Wineand Roses.

Santa Clara

Kevin Richland re ports they have sev eral new hires:Rus sell Howard and Craig Farley both re cently re tiredfrom the Sunnyvale De part ment of Pub lic Safety (with over 30 years ex pe ri ence each) and have been hired onas ex tra help to En vi ron men tal Crimes.

John Savala re tired from San Jose Po lice de part mentand has been hired to the In sur ance Fraud Unit. Ste venChristensen is a lat eral from Santa Cruz County Sher -iff ’s Of fice, as signed to the In sur ance Fraud Unit.Frank Dominguez is re tired from the San Jose Po liceDe part ment. He has been hired and is as signed to Trial

Prep a ra tion. Our Of fice has also hired a fo ren sic ac -coun tant. Though not a mem ber of our As so ci a tion,Bob Gorini co mes to us with 29 years Fed eral law en -force ment ex pe ri ence with the IRS CID.

Rebecca Spoulos was pro moted to Team Leader in theWel fare Fraud Di vi sion. Mike Nguyen re tired ef fec tive12/22/2006. Though he had over twenty years withSanta Clara County, he has been a mem ber of our As -so ci a tion since 2002.

They also have a newly-elected Dis trict At tor ney, Do -lores A. Carr. She has spent the last 12 years (or so) as a Su pe rior Court Judge, tak ing the helm in Jan u ary thisyear fol low ing the re tire ment of George Ken nedy. DACarr has sev eral years with the Dis trict At tor ney’s Of -fice, as a Dep uty Dis trict At tor ney, prior to becoming aJudge.

In Feb ru ary of this year Kevin pre sented Brian Geerwith his CDAIA plaque at their re tire ment gath er ingheld on Val en tine’s Day. His re tire ment was men tioned in the last G&W up date. He en joyed the plaque verymuch.

But the “big gest” news for their as so ci a tion this year isthat Santa Clara County Dis trict At tor ney In ves ti ga tors are cel e brat ing their cen ten nial an ni ver sary! Our firstDe tec tive was Wil liam Dreischmeyer in 1907. They are plan ning a se ries of items/events for the year.

Monterey

Chief Sue Stryker re ports they will be hir ing three tofour se nior in ves ti ga tors in very near fu ture. And shewill be re tir ing July 13, 2007. The fol low ing coun tieshad noth ing new to re port; Lassen, Sutter, Mendocino,Tehema, Placer, Amador, Glen, Colusa, El Do rado,Lake, Marin, Solano, Del Norte, Humboldt, Stanislaus,Tuolumne, Siskiyou.

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All that is necessary for evilto triumph is for good mento do nothingEnglish philosopher Edmund Burke

The fol low ing files have been in cluded be cause of up -dates to the law, dis sem i na tion of new in for ma tion, andup keep of pre vi ous in for ma tion. To view the ar ti cle (willopen a new doc u ment), please click the Blue Text aboveeach summary.

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My Last LegalUpdate3 pages

After nearly 12 years, my tour as a police legal advisor isdrawing to a close. Next month, I report to the SouthBay branch office and resume duties “in the trenches”with the other prosecutors. Rotation of DDAs in ouroffice is routine and I am just one of many involved in arecent major shuffle.

The deadline to introduce legislation has come and gone

and there are a gigantic number of potential new laws in

the hopper. Below is a partial list of bills that are

currently introduced in Sacramento. Some have had

initial hearings in committee. Readers may have the

opinion that some are good, some are bad and some are

just plain needless, but here they are. Comments:

pirottom@saccounty.net

A d d i t i o n a l R e a d i ng

Legislative Report

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ExecutiveCommittee Members:

John HaleySan Diego County DA330 W. Broadway Ave. Suite 1300San Diego, CA 92101Work: 619-691-4904E-mail: john.haley@sdcda.org

Jay SimsSacramento County DA901 G StreetSacramento, CA 95814Work: 916-874-7194E-mail: SimsJ@saccounty.net

Dave SaundersSanta Barbara County DA1112 Santa Barbara StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93101Work: (805) 568-2359E-mail: Dsaunder@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

Paul BartlettOrange County DA401 Civic Center Drive WestP.O. Box 808Santa Ana, CA 92702-0808Work: (714) 648-3667E-mail: paul.bartlett@da.ocgov.com

LegislativeRepresentative:Mike PirottoSacramento County DA901 G StreetSacramento, CA 95814Work: 916-874-5093E-mail: pirottom@saccounty.net

We welcome your E-mails, withoppinions, comments, questions,and complements.

Board ofDirectorsPresidentLance SteamanVentura County DA 646 County Square Drive, Suite200Ventura, CA 93003Work: 805-477-1658E-mail:lance.steaman@mail.co.ventura.ca.us

Vice PresidentDave MarkssColusa County DA547 Market StreetColusa, CA 95932Work: 530-458-8265E-mail:dmarkss@countyofcolusa.org

SecretaryJanis TrulssonSan Joaquin County DAP.O. Box 990Stockton, CA 95201Work: 209-468-8054E-mail: janis.trulsson@sjcda.org

TreasurerMichael Donovan San Bernardino County DA316 North Mountain ViewAvenueSan Bernardino, CA92415-0004Work: 909-387-6582 E-mail:mdonovan@da.sbcounty.gov

ParliamentarianChris Cunnie

San Francisco County DA

850 Bryant Street, Room #301

San Francisco, CA 94103

Work: (415) 553-1809

E-mail:

chris.cunnie@sfgov.org

Sergeant-at-ArmsRichard VanNort

Riverside County DA

4075 Main Street, 2nd Floor

Riverside , CA 92501

Work: 951-955-5708

E-mail: austinbd@yahoo.com

Past-PresidentGeorge Mueller

210 W. Temple St.

Los Angeles, California 90012

213-974-3551

E-mail:gmueller@lacountyda.org