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ABC Investigators complete first-ever training in Code-3 vehicles ABC Investigators in the Northern and Southern Divisions completed the Department’s first-ever Emergency Vehicle Operations Center (EVOC) courses in June. One group completed the three-day course at the San Bernardino Sheriff’s training facility. It represented a milestone for the agency to have its peace officer investigators equipped and trained to operate Code-3 vehicles. More...       CASI, CSLEA confirm common goals with ABC Director Hardy California Association of State Investigators (CASI) President Shelley Bishop, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President Alan Barcelona, and CSLEA Legislative Consultant Craig Brown met with California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Director Steve Hardy on May 30 to confirm the common goal all share in ensuring the growth and strength of ABC. More...           CASI president lobbies lawmakers for better pay -- Presses case with 25 legislators and aide California Association of Special Investigators President Shelley Bishop spent three long days in Sacramento last month meeting with lawmakers to sound the alarm about the severe recruitment-and-retention problem facing the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control. Aided by California Statewide Law Enforcement Association Legislative and Political Liaison Coby Pizzotti and Political Affairs Coordinator Julia Marin, the three banged on the office doors of 25 of the most influential legislators in the capitol, meeting directly with them or their top lieutenants. More...       Negotiations have begun -- Current CSLEA contract expires June 30 Negotiations for a new contract officially started this week with the first wave of letters sent to constitutional officers, department heads, commissioners, and agency leaders asking for their help in pressing the CSLEA case with the Department of Personnel Administration for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. More...           CASI Board meets at CSLEA Conference to set 2008 negotiation strategy Hardy, Goss address members’ concerns “We never thought there would ever be a 20-percent pay difference between people who do the same thing. Senator Dills would roll over in his grave.” So spoke Alcohol Beverage Control Director Steve Hardy to a meeting of the California Association of State Investigators (CASI) Board of Directors held during the October CSLEA Conference. More...