On July 11, 1998, the Yuba County Board of Supervisors approved an arbitrator’s recommendation that Sergeant Robert Escovedo be reinstated to the rank of lieutenant. Escovedo had been demoted by Sheriff Gary Tindel shortly following his marriage to a co-worker, Sergeant Barbara Byers. Escovedo was represented by Paul Q. Goyette […]
Yearly Archives: 1998
In a published decision, the Court of Appeal handed Officer Roderick Townsel an important legal decision in his five-year legal battle with the San Diego Metropolitan Transit District. The district until now has refused to provide evidentiary hearings to employees that they chose to discipline. The court ruled that Townsel […]
On September 9, 1997, Deputy Joseph Foster, a six-year veteran, was engaged in his duties as a jailer dispatcher for the Storey County Sheriff’s Office in historic Virginian City, NV. Foster was also the shop steward for the Operating Engineers, which is the recognized labor representative for the deputies in […]
Don Ryan, a 22-year veteran deputy with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department recently prevailed in a disciplinary appeal of a five percent pay reduction for six months (equated to a six-day suspension). The appeal was submitted to binding arbitration and heard by Arbitrator Charles Askin. Rocky Lucia, of Carroll, […]
Once again, a Madera County judge has dismissed false police report charges that were refiled against Madera County Sheriffs Sergeant Darrell Hibbens. The District Attorney’s office originally filed a complaint in August 1997, charging Hibbens with three counts of insurance fraud and one count of filing a false police report. […]