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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-159346</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 08:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The PPD has been racist even to the citizens of Porterville. They racially profiled my coworkers asking if they&#039;re immigrants. One of them said to the officer that they needed to go to the bathroom and he said to &quot;pee his pants&quot; because it&#039;s going to be awhile. They need to report the whole PPD. This is ridiculous and as citizens we&#039;re supposed to feel safe with people like this? 
I don&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The PPD has been racist even to the citizens of Porterville. They racially profiled my coworkers asking if they&#8217;re immigrants. One of them said to the officer that they needed to go to the bathroom and he said to &#8220;pee his pants&#8221; because it&#8217;s going to be awhile. They need to report the whole PPD. This is ridiculous and as citizens we&#8217;re supposed to feel safe with people like this?<br />
I don&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: Porterville Police Department Chief, Assistant on stress leave - Valley Voice</title>
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		<dc:creator>Porterville Police Department Chief, Assistant on stress leave - Valley Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 07:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[&#8230;] sources speculated that a September 19 Valley Voice article detailing sexual harassment, retaliation, and racial discrimination, contributed to Barteau and [&#8230;]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] sources speculated that a September 19 Valley Voice article detailing sexual harassment, retaliation, and racial discrimination, contributed to Barteau and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Amber</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-158247</link>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AL G. took the words out of my mouth. Stop hiding behind anonymous, and get your facts straight. I haven’t been on here since my first comment WITH MY NAME, nor care to be because I don’t let this disturb my peace. It was also sent to me because those who know me, know this isn’t true and I tried to help where I could but sometimes you’re fighting a bigger animal. So do yourselves a favor and go where you’re valued. If you want change, stop fighting behind anonymous and seek your own help/lawyers. Stop piggy backing off something from PPD. That’s going to get you no where. Start your OWN fight but leave out the petty sh*# and only bring to light the serious stuff. That might actually get you somewhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AL G. took the words out of my mouth. Stop hiding behind anonymous, and get your facts straight. I haven’t been on here since my first comment WITH MY NAME, nor care to be because I don’t let this disturb my peace. It was also sent to me because those who know me, know this isn’t true and I tried to help where I could but sometimes you’re fighting a bigger animal. So do yourselves a favor and go where you’re valued. If you want change, stop fighting behind anonymous and seek your own help/lawyers. Stop piggy backing off something from PPD. That’s going to get you no where. Start your OWN fight but leave out the petty sh*# and only bring to light the serious stuff. That might actually get you somewhere.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-158144</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-157758&quot;&gt;“Anonymous”&lt;/a&gt;.

Hey Amber, why don’t you take accountability? You don’t think we saw anything? We saw everything. We saw you chasing after female staff while you were still married. We know you and your supervisor Adrian Venegas and Officer Christian Orozco were sleeping in the annexes. You don’t think we were there while you were being lazy and trying to dismiss reports? When we called for help, you and Officers Venegas and Orozco  were lazy and didn’t want to be there and do the work. You don’t think we saw you and that creep Contreras hanging out together? We know what happened after you all partied at his house and were driving home drunk. We saw Officer Orozco with male staff parked outside the units hanging out with them inside her patrol car late at night. We saw her with her supervisor at Camp V early mornings inside his patrol car while she was off of work. You go after Officer Garcia, who was one of the officers who actually did his job and never dismissed any report. Bitter? I don’t think so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-157758">“Anonymous”</a>.</p>
<p>Hey Amber, why don’t you take accountability? You don’t think we saw anything? We saw everything. We saw you chasing after female staff while you were still married. We know you and your supervisor Adrian Venegas and Officer Christian Orozco were sleeping in the annexes. You don’t think we were there while you were being lazy and trying to dismiss reports? When we called for help, you and Officers Venegas and Orozco  were lazy and didn’t want to be there and do the work. You don’t think we saw you and that creep Contreras hanging out together? We know what happened after you all partied at his house and were driving home drunk. We saw Officer Orozco with male staff parked outside the units hanging out with them inside her patrol car late at night. We saw her with her supervisor at Camp V early mornings inside his patrol car while she was off of work. You go after Officer Garcia, who was one of the officers who actually did his job and never dismissed any report. Bitter? I don’t think so.</p>
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		<title>By: AL G.</title>
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		<dc:creator>AL G.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 02:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You and the rest hiding behind anonymous are the ones who should use your actual names. The reasons these corrupt individuals continue to get away with everything from crimes to civil violations is because of all of those that have always posted/reported “anonymously” how about if you think you’ve been wronged you do something about it. Instead of hiding in places like this. 

Multiple people sent me screenshots of this article or I would not have even known about. 

You clearly don’t know me because if you did you’d of known that hiding anonymously has never been my style. 

I did not post anything on here nor will I post after this. 

So if you’re looking for me to say something on here, hold your breath…… 

I will say that whoever the anonymous folks are they are not wrong, on the PDC portion at least.

So good luck to all those people affected and god bless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You and the rest hiding behind anonymous are the ones who should use your actual names. The reasons these corrupt individuals continue to get away with everything from crimes to civil violations is because of all of those that have always posted/reported “anonymously” how about if you think you’ve been wronged you do something about it. Instead of hiding in places like this. </p>
<p>Multiple people sent me screenshots of this article or I would not have even known about. </p>
<p>You clearly don’t know me because if you did you’d of known that hiding anonymously has never been my style. </p>
<p>I did not post anything on here nor will I post after this. </p>
<p>So if you’re looking for me to say something on here, hold your breath…… </p>
<p>I will say that whoever the anonymous folks are they are not wrong, on the PDC portion at least.</p>
<p>So good luck to all those people affected and god bless.</p>
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		<title>By: “Anonymous”</title>
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		<dc:creator>“Anonymous”</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 12:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“PDC OPS hired some of the most corrupt and unfit officers”

Hello Al Garcia. You may as well use your name instead of hide behind “anonymous” …you don’t work there anymore so why not say it loud and proud and not hide behind anonymous …unless you&#039;re embellishing your perception because you’re bitter that you got pushed out <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f937-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.png" alt="🤷🏻‍♀️" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“PDC OPS hired some of the most corrupt and unfit officers”</p>
<p>Hello Al Garcia. You may as well use your name instead of hide behind “anonymous” …you don’t work there anymore so why not say it loud and proud and not hide behind anonymous …unless you&#8217;re embellishing your perception because you’re bitter that you got pushed out 🤷🏻‍♀️</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-157648</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PDC OPS hired some of the most corrupt and unfit officers from PPD-individuals widely regarded as the lowest in integrity and professionalism. Here are just a few examples: Eriverto “Eddie” Rivera (PPD)-while he was a sergeant,  he would resort to public humiliation to demean the officers he didn’t consider his friend, in front of their peers. He permitted misconduct to take place under his supervision, fostering a toxic and unprofessional environment. He permitted a female officer to arrive on duty while intoxicated, allowing her to sleep it off during her shift while receiving full pay. Despite this track record, he has been promoted and holds a senior supervisory role.

Michael Gray-was hired directly into a supervisory position-bypassing officers who’ve worked there for years. He’s worked multiple overtime, going beyond what is allowed, and frequently bragged  about how much money he made while contributing little to no actual work.

Amalia Johnson (PPD)-attempted to sexually harass male officers by trying to entice them into looking at her inappropriately and using those situations against them. Her behavior created an uncomfortable environment for both male and female officers. She’s also been promoted multiple times, first as an Evidence Officer, bypassing senior officers, despite lacking experience. Due to her alleged marital affair with her supervisor, the Evidence Sergeant, ultimately led to her receiving yet another promotion-this time to the position of Special Investigator.

Pete Bisacca-who holds the highest position at OPS, has consistently failed to protect his officers from ongoing misconduct and abuse of authority. Instead of standing up for his officers, he allowed Lieutenants Eddie Rivera, Carlos Martinez, Justin Davin, Chris Contreras, and others to undermine him and treat him as a figurehead. Under his leadership, racist and discriminatory practices and targeted harassment have been permitted. 

Chris Contreras (PPD)-was hired into OPS under a fabricated title and, within his first year, received multiple promotions despite having no relevant experience-directly violating OPS P&#038;P. He frequently hosted parties at his home and invited his subordinates, allowing them to drive while intoxicated. While on duty, he brought alcohol to an officer on PDC grounds. He routinely monitored officers by watching them on cameras, listening in on their conversations, and even driving through the PDC facility while off duty to keep them under surveillance. Those officers who contributed to the harassment were considered his friend and were all later promoted. Numerous female administrative staff transferred to other locations due to his persistent and unwanted advances, which made them feel deeply uncomfortable. Others ultimately retired early, unable to continue working under the ongoing harassment and hostile environment he created. Contreras is a creep and a predator and how he’s getting away with the things he’s done is beyond me.

It is important not to overlook Amber Moreno’s (PPD) role in these issues. Although she claims to be a victim and publicly aligns herself with female victims, her actions tell a different story. While employees at PDC OPS who spoke out against Contreras and was faced with retaliation and harassment, Moreno remained silent --largely because she benefited from her close relationship with him and took advantage of his position. She was part of his group that partied with him and was promoted. When confronted with concerns about Contreras, she victim-blamed others and dismissed their experiences, insisting she didn&#039;t understand why anyone disliked him. Whenever situations didn’t go her way, instead of following the proper chain of command, she bypassed protocol and contacted Contreras directly to resolve the matters in her favor. She has criticized PPD for “taking care of their own,” yet she was also protected by Contreras. Ultimately, Moreno contributed to and enabled the very misconduct at PDC that she now claims to oppose at PPD.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PDC OPS hired some of the most corrupt and unfit officers from PPD-individuals widely regarded as the lowest in integrity and professionalism. Here are just a few examples: Eriverto “Eddie” Rivera (PPD)-while he was a sergeant,  he would resort to public humiliation to demean the officers he didn’t consider his friend, in front of their peers. He permitted misconduct to take place under his supervision, fostering a toxic and unprofessional environment. He permitted a female officer to arrive on duty while intoxicated, allowing her to sleep it off during her shift while receiving full pay. Despite this track record, he has been promoted and holds a senior supervisory role.</p>
<p>Michael Gray-was hired directly into a supervisory position-bypassing officers who’ve worked there for years. He’s worked multiple overtime, going beyond what is allowed, and frequently bragged  about how much money he made while contributing little to no actual work.</p>
<p>Amalia Johnson (PPD)-attempted to sexually harass male officers by trying to entice them into looking at her inappropriately and using those situations against them. Her behavior created an uncomfortable environment for both male and female officers. She’s also been promoted multiple times, first as an Evidence Officer, bypassing senior officers, despite lacking experience. Due to her alleged marital affair with her supervisor, the Evidence Sergeant, ultimately led to her receiving yet another promotion-this time to the position of Special Investigator.</p>
<p>Pete Bisacca-who holds the highest position at OPS, has consistently failed to protect his officers from ongoing misconduct and abuse of authority. Instead of standing up for his officers, he allowed Lieutenants Eddie Rivera, Carlos Martinez, Justin Davin, Chris Contreras, and others to undermine him and treat him as a figurehead. Under his leadership, racist and discriminatory practices and targeted harassment have been permitted. </p>
<p>Chris Contreras (PPD)-was hired into OPS under a fabricated title and, within his first year, received multiple promotions despite having no relevant experience-directly violating OPS P&amp;P. He frequently hosted parties at his home and invited his subordinates, allowing them to drive while intoxicated. While on duty, he brought alcohol to an officer on PDC grounds. He routinely monitored officers by watching them on cameras, listening in on their conversations, and even driving through the PDC facility while off duty to keep them under surveillance. Those officers who contributed to the harassment were considered his friend and were all later promoted. Numerous female administrative staff transferred to other locations due to his persistent and unwanted advances, which made them feel deeply uncomfortable. Others ultimately retired early, unable to continue working under the ongoing harassment and hostile environment he created. Contreras is a creep and a predator and how he’s getting away with the things he’s done is beyond me.</p>
<p>It is important not to overlook Amber Moreno’s (PPD) role in these issues. Although she claims to be a victim and publicly aligns herself with female victims, her actions tell a different story. While employees at PDC OPS who spoke out against Contreras and was faced with retaliation and harassment, Moreno remained silent &#8211;largely because she benefited from her close relationship with him and took advantage of his position. She was part of his group that partied with him and was promoted. When confronted with concerns about Contreras, she victim-blamed others and dismissed their experiences, insisting she didn&#8217;t understand why anyone disliked him. Whenever situations didn’t go her way, instead of following the proper chain of command, she bypassed protocol and contacted Contreras directly to resolve the matters in her favor. She has criticized PPD for “taking care of their own,” yet she was also protected by Contreras. Ultimately, Moreno contributed to and enabled the very misconduct at PDC that she now claims to oppose at PPD.</p>
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		<title>By: CB</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-157440</link>
		<dc:creator>CB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 06:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is absolutely disgusting, and it’s time the governor hears about this and higher than that the senator.. Porterville Police Department and the City of Porterville are going to be very surprised in a about another 2 weeks when it all comes to the end for them all…</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is absolutely disgusting, and it’s time the governor hears about this and higher than that the senator.. Porterville Police Department and the City of Porterville are going to be very surprised in a about another 2 weeks when it all comes to the end for them all…</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/09/19/two-former-porterville-police-officers-file-discrimination-sexual-harassment-suits/#comment-157307</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And these are the people we trust to serve and protect us. They can’t even respect each other . What make you believe they have any respect for us. How can we trust there credibility. We have to hold them accountable for what they do. No one is above the law something has to be done about this .We can’t even trust the higher up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And these are the people we trust to serve and protect us. They can’t even respect each other . What make you believe they have any respect for us. How can we trust there credibility. We have to hold them accountable for what they do. No one is above the law something has to be done about this .We can’t even trust the higher up.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have known Sokoloff for many years &#038; him &#038; all of the males in his family were brought up to be womanizers &#038; narcissists! 
That&#039;s the culture of their family! It&#039;s awful to think about what his beautiful wife has had to endure all of these years!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have known Sokoloff for many years &amp; him &amp; all of the males in his family were brought up to be womanizers &amp; narcissists!<br />
That&#8217;s the culture of their family! It&#8217;s awful to think about what his beautiful wife has had to endure all of these years!</p>
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