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Celebrating Over 25 Years as the "The Voice of Probation Peace Officers" |
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State Coalition Of Probation Organizations |
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Today is: Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
Ventura County ProbationPeace Officers AssociationJune 18, 2010Embassy Suites, Mandalay Beach Resort, Oxnard CA805-984-2500$144.00 Thursday night $194.00 Friday night The SCOPO Group Code is "SCO" The contact person is Susan Koehler |
California has high hopes of reinstating death penaltyWhen Caryl Chessman died in California's gas chamber 50 years ago – probably the state's most notorious execution – 18 inmates were left on death row. Today, there are 702. read more... Yolo County proposes layoffs, spending cutsA $308 million Yolo County budget proposed for next fiscal year calls for 48 layoffs and a $16.3 million cut in spending on operating costs from the current year, officials said. read more... Let’s Keep Sacramento SafeCrime Victims United in conjunction with Sacramento County Probation Association has launched a web site asking the public to say “no” to more probation cuts. You can see their website here. You can also see a commercial that is airing concerning the issues here. Sacramento County deficit climbs to $181 million; 1,000 jobs at riskSacramento County's budget deficit has climbed to a projected $181 million for the next fiscal year, and county leaders in coming weeks are expected to consider slashing another 1,000 jobs to help close the gap, interim county executive Steve Szalay said Wednesday. Read more... Torrico: Democrats should dare GOP to shut down the government Democrats, Republicans stake out negotiating territory over state budgetSenate Democrats countered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget Monday by proposing $4.9 billion in added taxes to prevent deep cuts in safety-net programs. Read more... Whitman overstates illegal immigrants numbers’ in state prisonsDuring a campaign appearance in Roseville on May 17, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman explained some of her positions on illegal immigration. Read more... Editorial: Why throw ‘throw away’ key for juveniles?Even tough-on-crime Texas has abolished life without parole for juveniles who commit crimes, including murder.But not California. This state has 249 offenders serving life-without-parole sentences for crimes they committed… read more...
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May 2, 2010 If you’re reading this, then you’ve visited our website. Congratulations, as you’re one of the first to see the changes that we’ve made to the site! At our last Board meeting, the decision was made to move SCOPO News from a newsprint edition to an online format. In time, we plan to develop a printable version of the SCOPO News, but in the interim what’s been created is a more flexible version of the SCOPO News that we’ve all come to know and love. Please be patient with any transitional issues that we may experience during the switch. Along with the new look of SCOPO News, we have a new address for website submissions: ocpd44@yahoo.com. Some of the other additions to the website include: pictures posted from our last SCOPO Board meeting held on April 16, 2010 in Orange County; our revised Bylaws; our new Host Guidelines, and our new Reimbursement Guidelines. Well, spring is here and with it comes the Governor’s May budget revise; which is scheduled to arrive on May 14th. Even though the State’s overall revenues are over $1.3 billion higher than expected as of April, the State’s income tax revenues are roughly $5 billion shy of the Governor’s projected $10.2 billion. Since many, if not all, of our departments rely upon state funding, this can only mean that things will continue to remain unstable for the rest of this year. Many of our brothers and sisters have fallen upon hard times, Sacramento and Orange counties to name two. And now, it sounds as if |
