The Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Six, has recently affirmed the decision of the Ventura County Superior Court to reinstate former Santa Maria Officer Tom Radzyminski. For those of you recently tuning in, here is a recap of events. Tom Radzyminski, a former White House marine and highly […]
Yearly Archives: 2001
Arbitrator Joe H. Henderson emphatically has overturned the termination of Riverside Police Officer Ben Shafer and returned him to work with full back pay and benefits. Shafer, a 6 ½ year veteran assigned to Narcotics, was well on his way to making detective when his train got derailed by a […]
Deputy K. W. Klaver began his unblemished career with the Santa Clara County Sheriffs’ Department on July 4, 1983. He had experienced several run-ins with the present sheriff, Laurie Smith, on several occasions, dating back to 1990, when now Sheriff Smith was the assistant sheriff. The first difficulty was when […]
Posted by Christopher W. Miller, Esq. The PORAC Legal Defense Fund and PORAC have joined as amicus curiae in an appeal to the California Supreme Court from a lower court decision disclosing a 10-year-old finding of dishonesty against a peace officer to a criminal defendant in a Pitchess proceeding. The […]
On June 13, 2001, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals restored the right of California peace officers to defend their good names in the face of defamatory complaints filed against them. The court unanimously upheld the right of Long Beach Police Officer Gordon Collier to bring suit against a complaining […]