Guest editorial on gassing of Atascadero Hospital police runs in SLO Tribune -- CSLEA president calls on local assemblyman to assist with legislation The San Luis Obispo Tribune ran a March 4 guest editorial from CSLEA President Alan Barcelona calling on legislators to give prosecutors the same legal tools to charge patients for their gassing attacks on hospital police as they have with other peace officers. More...
Dept. of Mental Health leaders visit Napa on first leg of tour CSLEA, HPAC-requested meetings off to a good start On February 3, the Department of Mental Health (DMH) followed through on its promise to tour the state mental hospitals led by hospital police officers. As reported on the CSLEA and HPAC Web sites in December, DMH top brass agreed to several morale-improving items in a meeting with HPAC President Lorenzo Indick and CSLEA lobbyist Coby Pizzotti. More...
Atascadero Hospital police officer's condition improves -- Doctors stop coma-inducing drugs The condition of Atascadero Hospital police officer Amanda Ferrari has taken a small U-turn from the brink of death, reports her chief, L.J. Holt: "Amanda continues to improve a little bit every day. On Friday they stopped the drugs that were keeping her in an induced coma. More...
Financial help sought for critically ill hospital police officer -- Amanda Ferrari's problems started while saving a colleague's life Atascadero State Hospital Police Officer Amanda Ferrari is critically ill and on life support at Stanford Hospital. Lorenzo Indick, president of the Hospital Police Association of California, and Alan Barcelona, president of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, are asking CSLEA family members for any donation they can spare to help the Ferrari family with its unexpected expenses. More...
Dept. of Mental Health agrees to closer working relationship with hospital police -- Improving troop morale is first priority A December 21 meeting in Sacramento between CSLEA, HPAC, Dept. of Mental Health Director Stephen Mayberg and his deputy directors, Jean Barawed, Steven Lederer and Cindy Radavsky, has produced an important agreement to work more closely with hospital police in improving their working conditions and security. More...
