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Yearly Archives: 2017

By PORAC | May 1, 2017 | Posted in Chairman's Message

Chairman’s Message

FRED ROWBOTHAM Chairman Since being elected as a PORAC LDF trustee in 2010, I have been impressed with the caliber of trustees, past and present, whom I have had the pleasure to serve with. Almost without exception, the level of professionalism and caring with which they discharge their duties is […]

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By PORAC | April 1, 2017 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

Officer Removed from Brady List

JASON H. JASMINE Founding Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP Most peace officers are aware that in the 1963 case of Brady v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court created an affirmative obligation for prosecutors to disclose to the defense all known exculpatory information. Failure to do so violates the criminal […]

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By PORAC | April 1, 2017 | Posted in PORAC LDF News

Public Officials’ Private Emails Subject to Public Records Act

JEFFREY R.A. EDWARDS, ESQ. Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC In a win for public safety labor associations, the California Supreme Court ruled that public officials cannot hide communications about public business in their personal accounts. The court also took care to shield public employees from unwarranted intrusion in their personal […]

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