Joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in June of 1979 as a recruit in academy class #196. He has worked the following assignments: Men's Central Jail, 11/79 - 3/82; Temple City Station, 3/82 - 4/88; Juvenile Investigations Bureau/O.S.S./G.E.T. - Lennox Station, 4/88 - 5/90; and Special Enforcement Bureau, 5/90 ' Present, working as a S.W.T. member, Canine handler and Crisis Negotiator.

Deputy Remige has been an ALADS member since 1979 and a Unit Representative for 13 years, prior to being elected to the Board of Directors in 1999. He has sat on numerous member grievance review boards, and has participated in over 50 meet and confer committees for various Sheriff's Department and District Attorney Investigators issues.

Additionally he has been a member of the last three Contract Negotiation Teams. Deputy Remige is currently involved in the Political Endorsement Committee, serves as a trustee to the ALADS Blue Cross Health Insurance and Peace Officers Relief Fund. He is the current member for the Horizons 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, representing the Coalition of County Unions. He is also ALADS chairperson for the California Police and Fire Summer Games committee.

Joined the Sheriff’s Department in 1982 has worked the following assignments MCJ (18 months) Industry Station, Walnut Station, San Dimas Station (11 1/2 yrs) Metropolitan Court (2 yrs), Transportation Bureau (7 yrs) and is presently assigned to ALADS.

He has been an active Representative at all of his units of assignments prior to becoming a Director of ALADS. He has showed his dedication to all the membership by serving as a member of the Salary Negotiation Teams (2000,2003 and 2005 ), Compton Police Assimilation Committee, Community College Police Assimilation Committee, Transportations Bureau Meet and Confer Committee, Political Endorsement Committee, Court Services Curtailment Committees, Twin Towers Modified Schedule Committees, Correctional Services Alignment Committee, Co-Chairman ALADS Picnic’s 2001-2002, Chairman ALADS Picnic 2003-2006,Co-Chairman Baker to Vegas (2004), Chairman Baker to Vegas (2005-2006) By-Laws Committee(2000), South Bay Court Lock-up 4-10 Shift Schedule Committee, ALADS River Run Committee(2001-2002), Co-Chairman ALADS River Run (2003-2006),served as a peer member over 200 Grievance Review Board Hearings(2000-2006),including the patrol incentive pays for all station items, which are currently at Civil Service Commissions. He has actively participated in massive demonstration rallies for the County Coalition Unions. He has been Honored to be part of the California Police Officers Memorial Foundation Honor Guard or Flag Detail in Sacramento since 2002 showing his support for the Fallen Officers Families and remembering the loss of Deputies of Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department.

Deputy Hayhurst was elected to the Board of Directors in November of 2001 then became the Treasurer in September of 2004. He is currently a Trustee on the ALADS Blue Cross Medical Group and Trustee to the Police Officers Relief Fund. In December of 2005 he was elected Vice President of ALADS. In January 2006 as an additional role he was elected Secretary of Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement. Sept 2006 Deputy Hayhurst was appointed as a Commissioner to POST. He is also the current ALADS Representative on the 2006 Fringe Negotiation Team and serves on the California Health Care Coalition.

Joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in January 1989 with academy class # 252. He has worked the following assignments: Men’s Central Jail, 05/89 – 11/92; Lakewood Station, 11/92 – 09/00; Compton Station, 09/00 – 09/02; Transit Services Bureau, 09/02 – 01/08; San Dimas Station, 01/08 – Present. Currently assigned as a Motorcycle Traffic Enforcement Deputy.

Deputy Hofstetter has been an ALADS member since January of 1989 and a Unit Representative for 9 years prior to being elected to the Board of Directors in 2004. He has been involved with Contract Negotiations and has been the Chairman or Co-Chairman for the ALADS River Trip, Retirement Seminars and Baker to Vegas. He has sat on several grievance review boards for members as well as several meet and confer committees. He is also involved with the ALADS Political Endorsement Committee. Deputy Hofstetter is also an active member of the United States Coast Guard Reserve and deployed overseas to Kuwait and Iraq with Port Security Unit 311 from January – July 2003 in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. He is currently a Petty Officer 1st Class assigned to Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach conducting Hazardous Materials and Port Security Inspections.

Joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department November 21,1990 with academy class #268. He has worked the following assignments: North County Correctional Facility, 4/91-3/97; Altadena/Crescenta Valley Stations, 3/97-10/00; NCCF, 10/00-Present. Currently assigned as a Bonus One Deputy line supervisor.

Deputy Galarneau has been an ALADS member since November of 1990 and a Unit Representative for over 6 years prior to being elected to the Board of Directors. Dean earned an A.A. Degree in Administration of Justice from Los Angeles Valley College in June 1990. Dean is proud of his service In the United States Marine Corps, where he served from August 1983 to August 1987.

Bob Connor joined the Sheriff's Department September 27, 1989, after six years of prior police experience with the Palos Verdes Police Department. Bob worked at Biscailuz Jail, and has been assigned to Lennox Station since February 1991. He has worked as Field Training Officer, Watch Deputy, Admin Watch Deputy, and is currently assigned to Detectives.

Bob was an ALADS Unit Representative at Lennox Station for nearly nine years before being appointed to the ALADS Board of Directors. He has been involved in the ALADS Negotiations Committee, the ALADS Political Endorsement Committee, the California Police and Fire Summer Games, the California Peace Officers Memorial Foundation, and the ALADS Annual Picnic. He has also been involved in numerous Review Board Hearings and attended several Coalition rallies.

Entered the Department on December 15, 1982. He has worked on the following assignments: Academy Class #214; Men's Central Jail; Carson Patrol; Industry Patrol (Training officer for 2 _ years - 2/89-8/91); Blue Line; and has been assigned to East LA Patrol since 6/94.

He was an ALADS Unit Representative at ELA Station for nearly 2_years before being elected to the ALADS Board of Directors in November 2001. Deputy Macias has also been involved in the ALADS Political Endorsement Committee since its birth. He has also been involved in several review boards fighting vigorously for Deputies' rights. Deputy Macias received the meritorious service award in 2004. He was the founder of Centurion Club. In January 2005 he received the Legendary Lawman pin for working over 10 years in patrol. He was also elected to the Lacera Board of Retirement taken the alternate seat effective January of 2005.November 2005 elected to Los Angeles Valley Water Board District (4 Yr Term) Macias earned an AA in Criminal Justice with the Community College of the Air Force. He earned a 2nd AA degree in Liberal Arts at Allan Hancock College in 1981. He remains a senior at Cal State LA as a business major. He is also a proud veteran of the United States Air Force, 1977-1981.

Bruce Waldo entered the Sheriff's Department on May 30, 1984, with class #223. After academy training he was assigned to Men?s Central Jail from November 1984 until September 1987. He trained and worked patrol at Lynwood Station from September 1987 until November 1989. Bruce quit the Department and moved to Orange County, Florida, where he worked briefly as a deputy sheriff.

Bruce returned to LASD and was re-instated by the Department in April 1991, and after a year at Wayside, was assigned to Norwalk patrol from May 1992 until May 1994.

In May of 1994, he transferred to Lennox Station where he worked various patrol assignments with station detectives until January 2006. From January 2006 to January 2007, he was assigned to the Narcotics Unit at Temple Station. He left Narcotics in 2007 and is now working Patrol at Compton Station.

Bruce holds a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from C.S.U. Los Angeles, earned in 1989, and a Masters degree in Public Administration from C.S.U. Dominguez Hills, earned in 2003. He has been an ALADS member since 1991.

Prior to entering the Sheriff's Department he served proudly, as a peacetime guy, in the Marine Corps from March of 1978 until January of 1984.

John is the Executive Director of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS) which represents approximately 8,000 dues paying Union members in labor relations matters involving wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Throughout his 20+ years with ALADS, Mr. Rees has represented numerous separate Union members in individual grievance Review Board Hearings, and he is a veteran of hundreds of public sector labor negotiations on a full spectrum of issues. Mr. Rees attended San Diego State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 and a Master of Public Administration degree in 1972. Continuing his post-graduate training, he attained professional certification in Budget Analysis and Fiscal Problem Solving from the University of Southern California and in Public Sector Labor-Management Relations from the Institute of Industrial Relations of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mr. Rees occasionally teaches seminars in preparing for arbitration and labor negotiations as a private consultant. He also has taught a variety of graduate and under-graduate level courses in Public Administration at La Verne College. Additionally, he has lectured on various public administration topics at Humboldt State University.

Before joining the organized labor movement, Mr. Rees was employed for approximately 10 years in City and County government administration in a variety of managerial capacities where his expertise in public sector budgeting was formally recognized by both the Municipal Finance Officers Association and California Society of Municipal Finance Officers; he was also commended by the League of California Cities for his outstanding achievements at the bargaining table.

Mr. Rees is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

Eddie has been with ALADS for approximately six (6) years. He has worked in the capacity of Defense Representative and is currently working the Assistant Executive Director Position. Eddie came to ALADS with extensive experience in the arena of representation of Law Enforcement personnel. Before coming to ALADS he worked as an officer, investigator and a Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Eddie has handled more interviews and administrative hearings than one can count as a result of over 20 years of experience in officer representation. He has worked every facet of police work as a result of his tenure of time with the LAPD. Under the existing rules with the city of Los Angeles Eddie has handled a whole arsenal of administrative hearings and has come to ALADS with a whole wealth of knowledge for the benefit of the membership.

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1948. I moved to Los Angeles with my family in 1956. I grew up in Los Angeles and went to school locally. I served in the U.S. Army from June of 1967 to June of 1970. I served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves as a Unit Career Advisor from April 1982 until January 1988.

In November of 1972 I Joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department. I graduated from the Sheriff Academy in May of 1974. Throughout my career in the Sheriff's Department I was assigned to the Hall of Justice Jail, Mens Central Jail, LCMC, Firestone Station, Lynwood Station, West Hollywood Station, Twin Towers Custody Facility (during construction) and Pitchess Detention Center, East Facility.

I have worked all areas at a patrol station to include Training Officer, Watch Deputy, Special Problem Units, Station Detectives, and several selected "high profile crime task forces". I have supervised deputies in Custody Division in three different facilities as Watch Sgt. and Supervising Line Deputy.

In 1984 I graduated college with a degree in Administration Of Justice, with a minor in Sociology.

I was a member of ALADS since 1978 and served as a Unit Rep. for the last eight years. I used my years of experience to guide deputies in sound career choices. In 1999 I was a member of the Contract Negotiation Team. I observed first hand how frustrating it was dealing with the County as we tried to secure the very best for the Deputy's and DAI's. In January of 2005 I retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department with over 31 years of dedicated service.

The position of Defense Representative at ALADS affords me the opportunity to assist deputies in some of the most trying times of there careers. My search for fairness and truth is what motivates me to do my very best.

My name is Carmela DuBois formally (Trask). I was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, and attended school locally. I joined the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department in August of 1972 as a civilian and entered the academy on October 28, 1974.

During my twenty-four year career with the Sheriff's Department I was assigned to IRC, Dependency Court, Norwalk Station, Headquarters Detective Bureau, West Hollywood Station, Scientific Services Bureau, and the Lennox Robbery-Assault Team.

I joined ALADS in 1982; it was a pivotal point in my career whereby I came to appreciate the power of good negotiation skills and the importance of a strong advocacy. Suffice it to say that there is no greater knowledge than that born of experience.

In 1996, I took an early service retirement to pursue an advanced degree. During my time away from the department I worked as a Counselor, Motivation Speaker, and taught K-12 as a mainstream and Special Educator. I hold a BA degree in Criminal Justice and a MA in Human Development.

During the past three decades I have diligently applied myself toward developing the skills that will now allow me to do the best job possible for the fine men and women that serve as Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriffs and District Attorney Investigators. Aside from the wealth of departmental experience and formal education that I bring to my appointment as an ALADS Defense Representative I commit to you the membership, a standard of excellence.

Larry Ariaz has been with ALADS for approximately two years in the capacity of a Defense Representative. Larry is a native of Los Angeles County and was raised no more than three blocks from East Los Angeles Station. He attended Garfield High School and East Los Angeles College. After College he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

Larry is a veteran law enforcement officer serving 25 years with the Los Angeles Police Department and retired at the rank of Sergeant II. During his service with the LAPD he was assigned to 11 geographic divisions, 17 assignments which include: patrol, vice, narcotics, investigative, internal affairs and administrative duties. He was the Officer in Charge of three vice and Special Problems Units. He was the Assistant Watch Commander at two patrol divisions. Larry has been awarded over 70 community and department commendations which include four service medals. The last five years of his career he was assigned to the Labor Relations Division (Office of the Chief of Police) where he was responsible for maintaining a liaison with over 300 local unions in the Los Angeles area.

Larry's sons are in law enforcement Anthony with the Los Angeles Police Department and Timothy with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.