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Yearly Archives: 2001

By PORAC | February 1, 2001 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

The Dinuba Set Team Shooting – A Tragic Story about Hasty Planning, Inadequate Training, Death, a $12 Million Verdict and Undeserved Discipline by Pass-the-Buck Politicians

Posted by Mike Rains It is hard to imagine that a small and seemingly peaceful town named Dinuba, located in the Central Valley 40 miles southeast of Fresno, would serve as the backdrop for one of the more interesting cases I have handled at the request of the Legal Defense […]

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By PORAC | February 1, 2001 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

Sheriff’s Sergeant Returns to Work Despite Sustained Dishonesty Finding

Posted by Christopher Miller A recent arbitration decision returning a sheriff’s sergeant to work with a sustained dishonesty finding has renewed the controversy over the affect on peace officer discipline of the prosecutor’s obligation to disclose evidence affecting witness credibility. Arbitrator Finds Disparate Treatment: Arbitrator Alexander Cohn determined the sergeant […]

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By PORAC | February 1, 2001 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

Police Department Enjoined from Taking Discipline against Officer in First Test of Limitations Period in Peace Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights Act

In a strongly worded decision issued on April 20, 2001, Judge Robert H. Gallivan, of the Orange County Superior Court, issued a preliminary injunction against the City of Seal Beach and the Seal Beach Police Department, ordering them to refrain from taking any punitive action (including discipline and holding any […]

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