On the Job with PORAC- Hosted by President of PORAC Brian Marvel. This podcast addresses a wide variety of topics ranging from legislation to public safety while providing up-to-date information on officer benefits, training and advocacy. It is a place for our members, other law enforcement professionals, as well as the public, to hear directly from the source concerning law enforcement and the issues that matter.
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In this episode of On the Job with PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Ben Therriault sit down with PORAC Legislative Advocate Randy Perry of Perry Strategies to unpack the findings of PORAC’s new report, “The PEPRA Problem: How California’s Pension Reform Created a Public Safety Crisis,” and the path forward with AB 1383 (McKinnor). More than a decade after the California…
In this episode of On the Job with PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Ben Therriault sit down with Dan Haley, Chief Legal Officer at Flock Safety, and retired San Diego Police Captain Jeff Jordan to discuss one of the fastest-growing and most debated public safety technologies in modern policing: Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) systems. As California lawmakers continue…
In this episode of On the Job with PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Ben Therriault sit down with attorney and police policy expert Bob Scales to discuss one of the most controversial issues facing modern law enforcement: federal consent decrees. Drawing from PORAC’s report Evaluating Police Consent Decrees: From Compliance to Results, the conversation explores how these…
In this episode of On the Job with PORAC, PORAC President Brian Marvel sits down with RAM Chairman Chris Coulter to discuss the importance of staying connected after retirement and the continued value of PORAC’s Retired Associate Membership (RAM) program. The conversation highlights how RAM helps retired peace officers remain informed, engaged, and protected long after active service ends. Brian…
In this episode of On the Job with PORAC, President Brian Marvel and Vice President Ben Therriault sit down with PORAC Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Chair Alan Kuboyama and National Executive Director Fred Rowbotham to break down one of the most important protections peace officers have today; PORAC’s Legal Defense Fund. From its roots in officers “passing the hat” to defend their own, LDF was built by…
In this episode of On the Job with PORAC, President Brian Marvel and Vice President Ben Therriault sit down with Steve Latham, Chair of the PORAC Insurance and Benefits Trust (IBT), and Damon Kurtz, IBT Recruitment & Retention Manager, for a comprehensive conversation about one of the most impactful benefits available to PORAC members. The discussion explores how IBT delivers health, disability,…
In this episode of On the Job with PORAC, Brian Marvel sits down with Mark Nichols, Executive Director, and Juan Viramontes, President, of the California Peace Officers Memorial Foundation (CPOMF) for a powerful and forward-looking conversation centered on the expansion of the California Peace Officers Memorial. The discussion highlights why the Memorial must grow to meet the needs of the future,…
For California peace officers, retirement planning extends far beyond pensions. Access to affordable, stable health care after retirement remains one of the most significant concerns facing law enforcement professionals and their families. The PORAC Retiree Medical Trust (RMT) was created to address that challenge, providing long-term retiree health care solutions designed specifically for public…
The 2025 legislative year was one of the most dynamic in recent memory — marked by shifting political winds, high-profile public safety debates, and major legislative fights with direct consequences for California’s peace officers. PORAC successfully advanced key bills strengthening training, education, wellness, due process, and workers’ rights, while pushing back against proposals that undermine…
In this episode, PORAC President Brian Marvel and Vice President Ben Therriault sit down with Manny Alvarez, Executive Director of POST, to unpack California Penal Code 830 – the foundation that defines who qualifies as a peace officer in the state of California. Together, they explore how PC 830 has evolved into a patchwork of statutes over the years, why it may be time to modernize and…
