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olice chiefs from all over the state gathered March 1317 in Ontario, CA for the 39th Annual CPCA Training
Symposium. This year was particularly special as
the association celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The
Training Symposium kicked off on Monday, March 14th
with the opening ceremonies where Attorney General
Kamala Harris spoke. This was followed by an especially
moving fallen officer ceremony; honoring the five fallen
officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2015. The
McFarlane who came and spoke to attendees and even
sang Frank Sinatra’s I’ve Got You Under My Skin.
Wednesday’s inspirational breakfast featured Retired
Naval Captain Mark Cedrun, who was part of the 2009
rescue mission to save Captain Phillips from Somali pirates.
The Recognition Luncheon recognized 51 new chiefs
throughout the state and chief’s ranging from 5-15 years of
service received their years of service pins.
The CPCA & Motorola Technology Innovation Award
Livingston Police Department was honored as the recipient
which recognizes a California municipal police agency’s
Tuesday morning was jammed packed with training
information technology was awarded to the Sacramento
of the James Q. Wilson Award at the President’s luncheon.
on subject matters ranging from Lessons Learned from
Colorado, Oregon and Washington regarding Recreational
Marijuana to a panel designed specifically for Seconds in
Command. Tuesday afternoon was spent in the Tradeshow
which housed over 130 vendors. Later in the evening, we
celebrated our 50th Anniversary with a celebration where
attendees had an opportunity to take a look back at the past
50 years of Cal Chiefs and law enforcement history with
photos from police departments throughout California
and past Cal Chiefs memorabilia. In addition, an 11- piece
big band ensemble got attendees up and dancing the night
away. The celebration wrapped up with special guest Seth
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superior achievement and innovation in the field of
Police Department. The Sacramento Police Department was
recognized for their development of Police Observation
Devices also known as POD’s. Each POD is a water-tight
camera system that can be viewed in real time as well as
downloaded remotely for storage and viewing at a later
time. And all are equipped with fixed LPR technology.
Since the implementation of the technology, the fixed LPR
has assisted in recovering over 700 stolen vehicles, the
vast majority with suspects in custody. The fixed LPR has
also lead to the arrest or investigative leads on at least 100
felony warrants, wants and missing person locates in the
last year. The POD video has assisted in numerous criminal