Subject: Memo from Steve Weiss re: State Mandated 5% Employee Compensation Reduction
State Board of Directors:
As you know, to help mitigate the 17 billion-dollar plus budget deficit, the 2012-2013 State Budget calls for a 5% salary reduction in savings from ALL State employees.
In addressing the budget reduction, CCPOA and the State have reached the attached agreement. The agreement prevents any pay and/or benefit cut that undoubtedly would have been implemented had we not entered into an agreement.
In consideration of this reduction, we have agreed to meet regarding the implementation of a process whereby Unit 6 employees would be able to burn accrued PLP/Furlough time. Included in this agreement we have also taken a significant step toward enhancing our training via a CPOST program.
Thank you
Julie Estrella
Exec. Assistant to the Executive Council
755 Riverpoint Drive
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Side Letter Agreement
State of California and... California Correctional Peace Officers Association
This agreement is a Side Letter to the current BU 6 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), entered into by the State Employer and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association.
The purpose of this Side Letter is to assist in effectuating 2012-2013 Budget Savings to State employee compensation, as mandated in the State Budget and related legislation, and to continue to promote harmonious labor relations between the State and the Union.
The State Employer and the Union do hereby agree as follows:
Effective July 1, 2012 and then continuing for 12 months, full-time bargaining unit 6 employees shall be subject to a Personal Leave Program (PLP 2012) eight (8) hours per month in the same anner as outlined in the current MOU (dated April 1, 2011 through July 2, 2013) section 10.20 and Sideletter#11
The State Employer and the Union also agree that;
1. Within thirty (30) days of the date ofthis agreement, the parties will meet and come to agreement on a process whereby Unit 6 employees will be permitted to "burn" accruedPLP/Furlough time.
2.Within sixty (60) days of the date of this agreement, the parties will meet and come to agreement on the parameters of a 12 month, pilot, joint labor management CPOST program
PROTECTED ACTIVITY The state and the union shall not impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed by the Ralph C. Dills ACT MOU 5.03 section A
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ReplyDeleteWhat's up wit the pilot joint labor management cpost? I heard they trying to make us 24 hour peace officers . Anyone have info on this..
ReplyDeleteState over spends on shit and we pay for it again.
ReplyDeleteSounds they want us to go through more training to get our full post like the street cops.
ReplyDeleteQuit taking my f............. money
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke they just say anything to try make it seem like they are doing something for us. CCPOA is a joke and has thrown is younger staff under the bus without any regard. What we need to do is go FAIR SHARE by the masses and send a message to those bone heads in SAC that this is the last straw.
ReplyDeleteWill this PLP have a cash value as referenced in sideletter 11?
ReplyDeleteI heard they want us to be 24 hour cops so that we can help chase down all the bad guys in the streets due to AB109!!!
ReplyDeleteNo way they will make us 24 hr cops, not only will they have to completely revamp the academy into a real post academy, but they would also have to either grandfather in all c/o's or run the extra training at ist or something. No matter how you slice it this will be way too expensive . Not too mention liability when everyone thinks they r johnny supercop outside the gates.
ReplyDeleteIn order to be a Peace Officer one must complete a basic POST Academy and a year of probation. PC832 is not a Basic Post Certificate nor can training be added to become a Basic Post certificate. I doubt CDCR will be spending money to send all officers to get there POST. Dont hold you breath on it.
ReplyDeleteThe commission on POST does not allow "grandfather in". Again officers only have PC 832 which is only 64 hours of the required approximate 640 needed for a Basic POST Certificate plus a year of an FTO program to be fully POST Certified. If a Basic POST Certificate is drsired than one must complete a POST Academy of 640 hours or more, whether one holds a PC 832 Certificate or not. Today, all Academies are 1,000 plus hours.
ReplyDeleteP.C. 832 which is basically a one week course is the very minimum requirement to be a Peace Officer in California . Security Guards get 823, not because they need it, but to show they completed a course. Full POST is at least a 29 week academy.
ReplyDeleteC/O's completing full POST?...yeah right, I don't think so.
If someone wants to be post certified don't wait for the dept or the union do it for you they won't. Go to your community college and take the classes. Then go to a post academy.
ReplyDeleteThe commission can shove it were the sun don't shine! Whats wrong with me being a grandfather? That's discrimination.
ReplyDeletePOST certified is null and void....get over it! Hours vs. probation vs. academy vs. PC this and PC that is waste of effort and research. Who gives a flying frick? It ain't happening PERIOD!
ReplyDeleteThis full time cop nonsense was first thought about years ago just after 911. They dropped it like a rock! Your dept, or whats left of it, does'nt want the liability of some of these laim brains running around with a 6 shooter on. And besides, how many 300 pound cops do you really see out there?
ReplyDeleteCPOST is simply a renaming of the Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) agency. There will not be a big leap in anything related to hiring or training of the Correctional Officer classification. The only major change at play is the conversion to the Glock 22 semi-auto pistol. Based on my experience this will be watered down to an ineffective program. So just expect more of the same lame cadets/officers, minimal training, and total scapegoating of correctional staff.
ReplyDeleteFor POST certified agencies (which CDCR is not) you must complete a basic Law Enforcement Academy to meet the required state mandates for Law Enforcement. To receive a Basic POST certificate you must have completed the academy (or received a waiver), be hired as a full time peace officer by a POST participating agency, and complete their probation (which cannot be less than 12 months). During probation you must also complete a Field Training Program (unless you are assigned to a detention position where you complete a Jail Training Officer program) which is usually 16 weeks in length but it may be extended or reduced based on the ability of the trainee. JTO is usually 8-10 weeks in length and most Sheriff's Departments take it very seriously. You do not cut it, you are looking for employment somewhere else.