Don Novey is the former president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), a statewide organization representing the men and women who walk “the toughest beat in the state,” supervising state prison inmates and wards of the California Youth Authority.

A lieutenant with the California Department of Corrections, Mr. Novey began his law enforcement career in 1971 as a Correctional Officer at Folsom State Prison where his father also worked as a Correctional Officer until his retirement. 

Mr. Novey is CCPOA’s first president elected to the post in 1980. Since then, CCPOA has grown from a starting membership of 2,600 to over 33,000 members today, making it one of the largest and most influential law enforcement associations in the state.