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Commissioner Joe Farrow thanks AMCOS members for reduction in mileage death rates -- Warns of $40 million budget cut The AMCOS board of directors met on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the Marriott Cal Expo Hotel in Sacramento. In attendance were Commissioner Joe Farrow; Captain Scot Silsbee, Commander of the Office of Employee Relations; Lt. Phil Gonzales and Dee Dee Teel. Commissioner Farrow expressed his appreciation to all AMCOS members for their contribution to the 2007 reduction in the mileage death rate. More...       AMCOS members getting to bottom of deadly tunnel fire --29 commercial vehicles and one passenger vehicle add up to one life-consuming inferno The case has not been closed yet, but when it is, the evidence collected and analysis provided by California’s Motor Carrier Specialists will contribute to the final determination. Last October, a Los Angeles County tunnel right off Interstate 5 just south of Valencia became the scene of a deadly inferno when 23 semi trucks and eight other vehicles piled up to ignite a blaze that claimed the lives of three people, including a child’s, and injured dozens more. More...           Three new members added to AMCOS Board -- Vacancies in Valley and Inland Divisions filled Three new members were added to the AMCOS Board of Directors this year, filling two vacancies in the Valley and Inland Divisions and adding one to the Golden Gate Division. The full board now consists of: President Richard Brown Amcos2001@hotmail.com Northern Vice President Dean Linnens Linnens@verizon. More...       Widening pay inequity putting California motorists, school children at risk DPA survey shows Motor Carrier Specialists underpaid by 30% They are every bit as important to the safety of California motorists and our children in school buses as any police officer, but the ranks of Motor Carrier Specialists are thinning so fast that the state is putting its citizenry in graver danger each day. Little known with the greater public, but vitally important to the transportation safety net of California, the 208 Motor Carrier Specialists (MCS-1s) and eight School Pupil Transportation Safety Coordinators (SPTSC) who work for the California Highway Patrol are under increasing family pressure to take better-paying jobs with other agencies and school districts, and, when they do, leave a nearly irreplaceable knowledge on road safety of car-crazy California. More...