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“Ours
is a union that is great, not because it is perfect, but because it was
born in a spirit of righteousness. As Peace Officers, our first
obligation is to protect the moral principles and ideals that are the
foundation of the law enforcement profession. It is our obligation to
one another to right the wrongs we encounter, and to pass this task on
to future generations. While greatness may be achieved in this public
service, your true potential will only be realized when you join with
others in this common effort. Here is the place where you create
something that becomes larger than yourself."
Mark Falcione
P.O.C. Interim Director
and Legal Defense Liaison Officer
The following
page outlines the reasons behind P.o.C. having to change it's Legal
Defense agreement and issuing 'cease & desist' notifications to
purveyors of 'misleading' information . . .
Click here for the chronology of events
. . . or read below for the summary:
28th
December 2011:
Valued BU 7 Peace Officers;
Unfortunately, some of you may
have received a CSLEA E-Newsletter on 12/21/11 which contained blatantly
false and misleading information regarding
P.o.C.'s
Legal
Defense status. In their Newsletter, CSLEA claimed there would be a
lapse in Legal Defense coverage and encouraged our Members to quit and
re-join CSLEA.
This is absolutely false information being published
about P.o.C.
by
CSLEA.
We recently announced to our
Membership that there would be a change in Legal Defense attorneys, but
there will be NO lapse in coverage, NO decrease in services, and NO
increase in our $30 monthly dues. To be clear, on February 1 st,
2012, the Rose Law Firm will take over Legal Defense representation for
P.o.C.
Because CSLEA is not only publishing false information,
but also making false suggestions regarding
P.o.C.'s
ability to
retain Legal Defense Counsel (even though we already have secured Legal
Defense), we have had one of our attorneys send them a
Cease and Desist
Demand (as repeated above).
We apologize for all the drama
being created by CSLEA’s latest attack against
P.o.C.,
but we
did feel the need to set the record straight and provide you with the
TRUTH, as always.
We wish you and your families a
Happy and Healthy Holiday Season and we look forward to enjoying a more
prosperous 2012 with all of you.
Thank you for your Service,
Victor U. Sanchez, President
Peace Officers of California
23rd December 2011:
P.o.C. serves a
'cease and desist' warning to CAUSE / CSLEA
21st December 2011:
CAUSE / CSLEA:
Do not suffer a lapse in your
Legal Defense Fund Coverage!
12th December 2011:
P.o.C.
Legal Defense Contract with Rose Law . . .
To:
All
P.o.C.
Legal Defense
Members
From:
Mark Falcione,
P.o.C.
Legal Defense
Liaison
Date:
December 12, 2011
Subject:
P.o.C.
Legal Defense
Contract with Rose Law
Valued Member,
Effective February
1, 2012, the Rose Law Firm will be taking over the
Legal Defense contract for
Peace Officers of
California. The Legal Defense
services provided by Rose Law will be exactly
the same as those formerly provided by
Lackie, Dammeier, and McGill, and the cost for those
services will also be exactly the
same. Therefore, there will be NO increase in your
membership dues. The only things that will change
are the names of your Legal Defense attorneys.
As most of you
should know, our current provider of legal defense,
Lackie, Dammeier and McGill notified us last week
that they would no longer be providing our legal
defense needs. Each
P.o.C.
member should have received a copy of the
60 day notice in my e-mail memo. The notice was
sent to the e-mail address you listed on your
P.o.C.
membership application. If a personal e-mail
address was not listed, it should have gone to your
work email address (unless you asked to be removed
from our e-mail lists.) In any event, please be
advised that the
P.o.C.
Board of Directors held a Special Board Meeting last
Friday and voted to enter into the contract
with (Joe) Rose Law so that they could take over our
Legal Defense representation needs. To view their
current website:
http://www.joeroselaw.com/cms/
This is, in fact,
great news for many reasons! Joe Rose has been an
ally in the fight to obtain a “Peace Officer Only”
bargaining unit since the beginning of this
campaign. He is independent (read: not influenced
by politics or other POA’s) and has wide ranging
experience in labor relations, contract
negotiations, and legal defense. We have been
served well by our current law firm, but the
contract we entered into with them three years ago
was temporary and based on the outcome of the PERB
Severance Hearings decision. Politics run deep in
Sacramento and we are pleased to report to each of
you that the
P.o.C.
Board is confident that the new choice for legal
defense has the experience, orientation, motivation,
and staff to represent our varied groups of peace
officers.
We are in the
process of updating both organizational websites.
We will provide you with a 24/7 Legal Defense Hot
Line phone number for Rose Law during the month of
January. We look forward to a long and dynamic
relationship with Rose Law. We have already had
discussions regarding our mutual future plans in
which we will be expanding our organizations and the
array of services we offer. Rose Law has committed
to working in a mutually focused direction with
Peace Officers of
California in order to address our
unique needs and expand both organizations. If you
would like to contact the
P.o.C.
Board of Directors, please phone, fax or e-mail us
as listed on the web-site at:
http://www.peaceofficers.org/contact_us.html
30th November 2011:
e-mail
termination notice to members
29th November
2011:
Lackie, Dammeier,
and McGill 60 day LD termination notice
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