California Peace Officers' Association

The California Peace Officers’ Association (abbreviated CPOA) is a lobbying group representing the law enforcement officers of California. The organization, established in 1921, has a membership of 16,000 officers across municipal, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies in California.[1] As of 2019-2020, CPOA is led by President Neil Gallucci, Chief of the Carlsbad Police Department.[2]

California Peace Officers’ Association
Founded1921 (1921)
Members16,000
Key people
  • Neil Gallucci, President
Office location2485 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 540
Sacramento, CA 95833
CountrySacramento, California
Websitecpoa.org

Political positions

In 2014, CPOA opposed Proposition 47, which would alter punishments for nonviolent crimes in a bid to reduce overcrowding in state prison and fund recidivism programs.[3]

In 2017, CPOA opposed a campaign led by California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom to legalize marijuana in the state.[4]

CPOA opposed California Senate Bill 54 (2017), which prevents state and local law enforcement agencies from using their resources on behalf of federal immigration enforcement agencies.[5]

In March 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to the CPOA in opposition to California's sanctuary city laws, where he announced a federal lawsuit against the state's immigration laws.[6][7]

In September 2019, California governor Gavin Newsom struck down an 1872 law, the Posse Comitatus Act, which had made it a misdemeanor for any “able-bodied person 18 years of age or older” to refuse a police officer’s call for assistance in making an arrest.[8] The law had been used to catch runaway slaves in the 19th century, and was supported by CPOA.[8]

In October 2019, Newsom signed a bill, AB 1215, which bans law enforcement from using facial recognition technology on body cameras.[9] CPOA has opposed the bill for "[threatening" the future of effective policing and crime reduction."[9][10]

References
  1. "About CPOA". California Peace Officers Association | CPOA. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. "2019 - 2020 Board of Directors". California Peace Officers Association | CPOA. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. Stanton, Sam (2014-10-17). "Proposition 47 would lower penalties to reduce prison population, pay for programs". The Sacramento Bee.
  4. White, Jeremy B. (2016-05-17). "California marijuana legalization draws lawmaker opposition". The Sacramento Bee.
  5. Hart, Angela (2017-04-05). "Immigrants rights activists press for support of California's 'sanctuary state' bill". The Sacramento Bee.
  6. Samuels, Brett (2018-03-07). "Sessions to California: 'There is no secession'". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. Samuels, Brett (2018-03-06). "Jerry Brown: Sessions's 'sad' political stunts won't work in California". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. Daugherty, Owen (2019-09-04). "California governor signs bill striking down law that made it a crime to refuse police officer's request for help". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  9. Rodrigo, Chris Mills (2019-10-09). "California blocks police body cameras from using facial recognition". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  10. "Facial recognition misidentified 26 California lawmakers as criminal suspects". SFChronicle.com. 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

See also
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