California College and University Police Chief's Association, San Bernardino, CA Videos

Financial guru Jonathan Thorpe culminates the last day of the conference with great financial investment tips for anyone who wants to grow their money! Great conference all around! We’ll see everyone at the next conference at Cal State Fullerton Marriott in November! #ccupca #iacp #iaclea #calea #collegepolice #universitypolice #k12police #criticalarc #vendors #lenslock #flock #ecamsecure #cisco #netsync #keytrak

Day 3 of the CCUPCA Executive Seminar and Conference comes to an end. The final day had Melinda Latas of the CSU Chancellor’s Office update us on Clery, and a round table among the attendees to discuss current issues and trends on campuses. Congratulations to all for completing the Seminar! We can’t wait for our Spring Conference next April 3-5 in Reno, NV! Stayed tuned for updates! #ccupca #collegepolice #k12police #universitypolice #IACP2023 #calea #IACLEA

Day 2 of the CCUPCA POST Executive Seminar was equally productive! Great presentations from Chiefs Johnnie Adams and Jose Flores, POST Consultant Matt O’Deane, and Chief Adam Hawley of Brea PD. What an amazing group of consummate professionals! #ccupca #iaclea #iacp #calea #universitypolice #collegepolice #k12police #campussafety

Fantastic Day 1 at the CCUPCA POST Executive Seminar in Fullerton! Great presentations by LT Amira Eppolito, Navy SEAL Rick Miller, and Retired Chief Mark Garcia! Lots of networking and sharing of knowledge and experiences by attendees!

Less than a month to go before our fall conference! It’s not too late to sign up and reserve your hotel rooms on the links below! CCUPCA.square.site We’ve got a fantastic line up of presenters that will talk about effectiveness and efficiency as a leader, and provide updates on legislation surrounding educational law enforcement! Don’t wait! Sign up now! And see you in Fullerton, California! (Pics below were from our spring conference last May in Marin County, CA!)

This is Chief Jesse Toscano, a new member of CCUPCA! His experience in serving in a public safety capacity span over two decades, with the Stockton Police Department and the San Jose Evergreen Community College Police Department as a Lieutenant. Jesse served as a K12 Police Chief for The San Jose Unified School District for 19 years. He also worked with the Santa Clara Police Department for 6 years working Super Bowl 50. Chief Toscano is a National Emergency Management Advanced Academy Graduate through FEMA. More recently, he was Director of Campus Public Safety at North Orange County Community College District and is currently the Chief of School Safety at Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Jesse is happily married to Carmen Padilla, he’s. father of four adult children and resides in Ventura County! Welcome aboard, Chief!

We’re featuring Lt Gary Mejia, CCUPCA’s Advisor-at-Large! Gary started his law enforcement career with the Ventura County Sheriff’s department in 1979. In 1987, he joined the Clovis Police Department in the central valley. Retiring in 2004 to pursue graduate studies, Gary would return to law enforcement in the form of Chief of of Campus Safety at Fresno Pacific University (FPU). In the spring of 2015, Gary became Chief of Campus Safety at Theological Seminary (FTS) in Pasadena California. During his 32 years in law enforcement, Gary was a highly decorated officer receiving numerous awards and citations. The highlights of his career are two lifesaving medals, Medal of Merit, and the highest honor bestowed in law enforcement, the Medal of Valor. Gary is a past Tactical Instructor on the Clovis Police Department SWAT team, as well as leading the department’s Major Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team until retiring. Gary is currently Lieutenant with the State Center Community College Police Department. Gary continues to assist CCUPCA with our spring and fall workshops and conferences through his extensive knowledge and experience! Way to go, brother!!!

Shout out to CCUPCA’s 2nd Vice President Nina Jamsen!!👏🏽👏🏽. Nina had a 33 year career with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, being the first female with the agency to become a Defensive Tactics and Use of Force Expert! She was also Chief of Police for the contracted cities of Grand Terrace and Loma Linda. Nina was also Police Chief with Cal State San Bernardino PD for 6 years! And because she’s Finnish-American, she’s fluent in Finnish!! Way to go Wonder Woman!!!👏🏽👏🏽🏆🥇🎉🎉💪🏼💪🏼

Our newest CCUPCA Board member-at-large is Chief McQueen (no not that Steve McQueen but close). Steve is current Chief of Campus Safety at Otis College of Art and Design in LA. He has 10 years in public safety in the higher educational setting and 16 year wirh State and Federal Military Police as an officer and Sergeant. Thanks for your service, Steve! (And the last pic is of.. well.. the other Steve McQueen)…

Greetings to CCUPCA from Edinburgh, Scotland!

We’re featuring Ron Levine, President of CCUPCA from 2010-2013. He started his career as a cadet with San Mateo SO, a police officer with Los Altos PD, the Santa Clara Co SO, Sgt with Foothill-De Anza College PD, and ultimately their Chief. Ron is now happily retired! Well done on your career, Ron!!

We’re featuring CCUCPA’s 2023 Board members and general association members so keep a lookout for these fun posts! First up is Al Jackson, current CCUPCA President and Chief of Police for the San Bernardino Community College PD. Al spend the majority of his career with LAPD before becoming Chief at SBCCD PD.