Posted by Rockne A. Lucia, Jr. Arbitrator Christine Knowlton recently rendered an arbitration award in the disciplinary appeal of Oakland Police Officer Frank Morrow. Morrow, represented by this author of the firm of Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson LLP, challenged the City of Oakland’s decision to impose a one-day suspension, based […]
Yearly Archives: 2001
It is not always the degree of penalty, but the nature of the charges that damage one’s career. Too often departments feel that they can impose a relatively light penalty with relatively serious charges and it is no big deal. Officers who take their career seriously should be vigilant in […]
After an 11-day hearing and a lengthy briefing process, retired Superior Court Judge Richard J. Beacom has recommended to Irvine city manager Allison Hart that terminated police Sergeant Brian Clifton be reinstated without discipline. Bill Hadden, of Silver, Hadden & Silver, represented Clifton was represented at all stages of the […]
It is known as Studio Road, a rocky dirt pathway leading to the site of “Zorro’s Cabin”, where the old Disney TV series was filmed. But for Ventura County Deputy Rene Machado on routine patrol on a hot August afternoon in 1999, it might as well have been called the […]
Yuba County Sheriff’s Deputy Sharon Sager has been reinstated as a deputy sheriff with full back pay, benefits and interest by order of the Yuba County Superior Court. The decision was rendered after the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department separated Sager from her employment, alleging she had resigned. Sager has been […]