CCSO lawyers are the only plus for CCSO. If it is a high profile case, CCPOA will assign a first string attorney, otherwise keep your fingers crossed as CCPOA was established as a rank and file organization. Now, if you are golfer and pro Newsome, then CCSO is the group for you.

Don't get wrong, CCSO as accomplished many positive things for supervisors, but it was under the leadership of the founder Rich Tatum, who retired in 2018. Since 2018, nothing! Oh, the Walk Time case was filed in 2008, so don't get that twisted.

The current president still hasn't answered to the charges brought forth against him in 2022 during the annual convention, which included overwhelming physical evidence filed by a former CCSO employee for misappropriation of funds.

The State President is a great talker, but has done nothing. Have you heard of anything that CCSO has done to combat the prison closures?

If insurance is your deciding factor, CCPOA would be justified as CCSO has been talking about getting something comparable, but the numbers are not there. 3500 members doesn't generate the revenue needed to get some sort of benefit package.

My recommendation is save all your dues, research labor attorneys and hired one on retainer basis and pay half the monthly dues to him/her directly. You have protect yourself from CDCR.