Regular members are peace officers, public health officers, environmental health officers/specialists, hazardous materials specialists of a public health or environmental health agency or fire department, prosecuting attorneys engaged in environmental crimes prosecutions, employees of a water or air pollution control agency and other individuals whose duties are related to environmental protection and who are regularly employed by the Federal government, the State of California, the counties and municipal subdivisions of the State of California, or of any other state.

Associate members are people in some branch of law enforcement or some closely allied pursuit, who actively participate and cooperate in criminal detection, apprehension and prosecution, whose business, occupation or profession causes them to have contact with and assist regular CHMIA members in the performance of their duties. Associate members have all the privileges of regular members, with the following exceptions:

Associate members do not have voting rights and are not eligible to hold office in CHMIA.
Associate members may be excluded from attendance at business meetings.
Associate members have additional responsiblities and conditions for admittance. Click here for details.

Membership dues are payable yearly, and cover the year in which they are paid. If you are ready to join CHMIA or renew your existing membership, open the appropriate membership form, enter the required information, and mail it to the address on the form.Please remember to include your County and Email.


The membership form is an Adobe Acrobat document. Download the Reader here.