A.A. Counselor Arrested at Alternative Services
(May 13 2009) - Porterville Police Dept - Press Release
by Sgt. Jake Castellow - Porterville Police Dept : On March 13, 2009, allegations were brought to the Porterville Police Department that a counselor at Alternative Services was accepting money from clients in exchange for forging documents regarding the completion of court ordered programs. One client was specifically alleging that he had been forced to pay the money under threat of failing the program should the client not comply with the demands. At the same time these allegations were brought forth to the Police Department they were also brought forth to the management of Alternative Services. Alternative Services management personnel began an internal investigation and identified multiple clients who alleged to have paid counselors money in exchange for having documents forged.

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Porterville PD Intervenes at the Family Store
(Jan 19 2009) - by A. L. "LUCKY" Lucketta - Porterville Post Editor :
The Porterville Police Department responded to a family disturbance call at about 10:30 am this morning, just outside of Family Store - Mini Mart, located on the corner of Palm and Belleview {pic}. In a matter of minutes they were able to de-escalate the issues between the parties and the good part was ... no one had to be arrested. Great intervention guys ! Keep it Up, we are all praying for your safety and the safety of our community.

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PPD Saving Lives - One Child at a Time
(Oct 19 2008) - by A. L. "LUCKY" Lucketta - Porterville Post Editor :
Around 3:00pm, one of Porterville’s Peace Officers noticed that a young child was left unattended in the front driver’s seat of car parked in a lot at a local restaurant. Instinctively he stopped to check on the child and observed that the parent was inside the restaurant picking up a “To-Go” order. The child was accompanied by an older sibling – still younger than state law requires. As it turned out there were three children and one female parent, who was informed by Porterville P.D. that she needed to transport children this young and small in Child Safety seats or Child booster seats. This more-than-kind officer instructed her not to drive home this way and to contact someone who had child safety seats. To be sure, this was an accident waiting to happen. DMV records show that the number one cause for death among children ages 2 to 14 are due in large part to the nonuse or improper use of child seats and safety seats. Good looking out PPD !