Posted by Harry S. Stern Palo Alto is a town of contrasts and contradictions. Stanford University is here and the streets are lined with trees and multi-million dollar homes. But Palo Alto also has an undercurrent of radical politics and a not-insignificant crime problem. Caught in between these colliding worlds […]
Yearly Archives: 2006
Posted by Alison Berry Wilkinson If you have no medical or psychological problems, but simply a perceived bad attitude, can that cost you your job? Apparently so, if you work for the San Mateo Police Department. It all began when Sergeant Antonio Giusto, a 15-year veteran with an unblemished record […]
Posted by Robert W. Krause The city of San Bernardino Civil Service Board has ordered veteran San Bernardino Police Officer Johnnie Macias reinstated with full back pay and benefits. After five days of hearing, the board exonerated Macias of all charges pending against him. I had the privilege of representing […]
Posted by Mark A. Kilburn On June 22, 2005 Deputy Mike Moore of the Elko County Sheriff’s Office in Elko, Nevada, was dispatched to an emergency call south of Elko involving a suicidal subject with a gun. Two other deputies were on scene, but needed Moore at the location immediately […]
Posted by Kenneth Yuwiler Sgt. Gabriela Garcia is an employee of Inglewood Police Department. To honor her former partner and co-worker who died in the line of duty, she attended one of the first police memorial ceremonies following his death. After an investigation, the department determined that Garcia was not […]