by Bob Walsh
The
California Correctional Peace Officer's Association (CCPOA) is the
union representing rank-and-file peace officers employed by the Calif.
Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The union has just voted to
suspend the parole chapter president, Maribel Hinojosa, from her duties
and responsibilities as the chapter president, a gig she has held for
about 18 months.
The parole
chapter has been contesting about $53,000 spent by it's former leaders,
asserting that this may have been reimbursement for personal expenses
rather than union expenses. The state DOJ has announced that an
investigation of possible embezzelment is under way, with no further
info given.
The two former
chapter leaders, Jorge Robles and Meshal Kashifalghita, have filed a
civil suit for defamation against Hinojosa after Hinojosa beat out
Robles in the election. A jury trial on the lawsuit is scheduled for
January.
The union is
conducting it's own investigation into chapter finances. Seven months
ago the parents union, which represents 28,000 people, placed the parole
chapter, which represents 1,400 of that 28,000, into trusteeship,
thereby freezing it's assets. There may be some reason to believe that
Hinojosa spent union funds on a personal lawsuit, the nature of which
has not been specified but was presumably the defamation suit with her
predecessor.
Josh Eustice, the chapter's former V.P. is now it's acting president.
CCPOA
state president, Glenn Stailey, has alleged that Hinojosa has failed to
follow direction related to chapter finances, has attempted to
frustrate the trusteeship and has engaged in "apparent collusion" with
management of the Division of Adult Parole Operations to the detriment
of the membership.
The parole chapter is the largest single chapter of the state organization except for the retiree chapter.
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