Perry Speth is a 2nd generation Correctional Peace Officer who began his career in 1984 with the CA. Dept. of Juvenile Justice, (aka CA. Youth Authority) at the Mt. Bullion Fire Camp.  He transferred to the Karl Holton Institution in 1985 then took a promotion as a Youth Correctional Counselor at the El Paso de Robles Youth Correctional Facility in 1986.  In 1990, Perry became the CA. Correctional Peace Officers Assn. Union Chapter President at his institution and in 1997 was appointed by CPOF Founding Father, Don Novey, to the CCPOA Executive Council as the State Secretary & following in the footsteps of his CCPOA State Secretary predecessors, CPOF Founders, Larry Corby and Richard Waldo.  He retired from the DJJ in 2014 and continued to serve as CCPOA State Secretary until 2019, when he resigned from that position and was appointed as the CCPOA Executive Emeritus and acts as an adviser to the CCPOA Executive Council.  

Perry has been an active member of the CPOF since its formation and attended many of the CPOF Projects and often assisted with taking photographs of the ceremonies for the CPOF magazine.  He has been attending the California Correctional Officer Academies to recruit and educate the academy cadets about CPOF membership.  He is also attending the CCPOA conventions as a representative of CPOF, using his 35+ year history serving the union membership, to establish credibility while recruiting new CPOF members.