STEVEN M. BETZ Associate Rains Lucia Stern, PC As technology in our society progresses and becomes common use among the general public, new questions about the reaches of government and employer search naturally arise. An area of particular concern for police officers is the degree of privacy officers have in […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
Gary Messing, Jennifer S. Stoughton, and Amber L. West Carroll, Burdick & McDonough Traditionally, most peace officers associations have very high membership rates not enjoyed by other public sector unions, which rely heavily on agency fees to fund the important work they do. Procedures regarding agency fees are crucial for […]
Sean D. Howell Associate Attorney Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller & Johnsen Detective Jeffrey Vasquez of the Menlo Park Police Department was reinstated and awarded full back pay by an arbitrator recently after a termination battle that lasted over a year. After a hearing in which we exposed numerous due process […]
ALISON BERRY WILKINSON Principle Attorney Berry Wilkinson Law Group A kidnapped baby. A hysterical mother. A good Samaritan who followed the kidnapper from the grocery store parking lot while he reported the suspect’s travels to dispatch. A rapid rescue of the baby by the responding police officers. A baby reunited […]
This morning, Gregg Adam, CBM San Francisco office Labor Partner, argued before the California Supreme Court on behalf of the Engineers and Architects Association of Los Angeles in a case that threatened to abolish the arbitration rights of local public employees in California. CBM persuaded the Supreme Court to review […]