PA State Corrections Officers Assoc.
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The mission of this Association is to promote and improve the Corrections profession; to ensure that our members are treated fairly, with respect and dignity; ensuring the welfare of those employed in Corrections and Forensics, who unselfishly protect and serve the citizens of this Commonwealth.
President
Jason Bloom
Executive Vice President
Tim Walsh
Vice Presidents
Larry Blackwell
Robert Storm
Secretary/Treasurer
John Chernavage
Raymond Johnston
Mark Truszkowski
Rhonda Barger
Robert Bankes
Jerome Safko
Aaron King
Hank McNair
Loren Wilkins
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Friday, June 2, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Live 2017 Interest Arbitration Hearings
PSCOA Night at the Curve
17 May 2017 |
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PSCOA is once again hosting a night with the Altoona Curve! Food, water and soda will be provided. Contact your local official for tickets. When: Friday, June 23, 2017, game starts at 7pm. Where: 3rd Base Picnic Pavilion (People's Natural Gas Field, 1000 Park Ave. Altoona, PA) Price: $5.00 per ticket (children 2 and under are free) The deadline to order tickets is June 9th.
Bobby Wilt Scholarship 2017- Update
02 May 2017 |
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Please note that the application for 2017's scholarship award is now closed. Awards will be determined by June 9th for all applicants. The 2018 scholarship packet will be available for download in December 2017. Best of luck to all students!
Colonial Life Supplemental Benefits- Open Enrollment
17 Mar 2017 |
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Please note that the letter sent from PSCOA regarding the 60 day Open Enrollment for Colonial Life had the wrong phone number listed. The correct phone number for Colonial Life's PSCOA representative is 844-341-8754. Please click here for more information about Colonial Life's AD&D policy offered to our members!
Delaware Corrections Officer ‘Saved Lives’ Before Dying in Hostage Situation: Union
03 Feb 2017 |
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The Delaware Department of Corrections veteran who died during a day-long hostage situation inside a prison "saved lives in an emergency situation" by warning other officers to get out, according to a union official. Sgt. Steven Floyd, 47, who was found dead early this morning, was forced into a closet by inmates during the siege at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, which lasted nearly 24 hours, and later found unresponsive, said Delaware Correctional Officers Association President Geoff Klopp. "Sgt. Floyd was a great man," Klopp said. "Even in his last moments as the inmates...
Sen. Wayne D. Fontana statement on closing of SCI-Pittsburgh
26 Jan 2017 |
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Sen. Wayne D. Fontana: Fontana statement on closing of SCI-Pittsburgh. Text of Jan. 26 press release. Brookline – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana (D-Allegheny) issued the following statement in response to today’s state Department of Corrections decision to close SCI-Pittsburgh: “I’m very disappointed in the Department of Corrections decision -- as well as the hasty and flawed process it used to make its decision. “In its rush to close SCI-Pittsburgh, the department largely ignored community input, the plight of local prison workers and the impact that this closing will have...
PSCOA President Jason Bloom
26 Jan 2017 |
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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- PSCOA President Jason Bloom today issued the following statement: "This process was not transparent. At all. Agreeing to attend a legislative hearing and do a few editorial board meetings AFTER you decide to close a prison isn't being transparent. It's absurd for this administration to claim otherwise. "Communities were given only weeks to fight each other to stay open. Now, inmates will be stacked like cordwood into a system that is bursting at 104.7 percent capacity, despite aggressive efforts to reduce the prison population. "This also comes at a time when we have...
