ROBERT L. BAUMANN Associate Attorney Adams, Ferrone & Ferrone, APC Officer John Nelson, a 15-year veteran of the Murrieta Police Department and 22-year public safety veteran, was formally charged with a felony for allegedly making a false statement in order to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Drawing on an extensive knowledge […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
MICHAEL P. STONE Partner Stone Busailah, LLP Understanding Why Video Evidence Is Deceptive and Misleading, and Often Undercuts the Value of Eyewitness Testimony A court trial this week in yet another fatal officer-involved shooting case in Los Angeles featured a familiar conflict in the evidence: officer eyewitness testimony versus news […]
KIMBERLY D. RILEY Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP The Monterey Park Police Department imposed a 40-hour suspension against the appellant for allegations related to an off-duty incident; however, it failed to notify the appellant within 30 days of its final decision on when he would serve the suspension. With the […]
GREGG ADAM Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine, LLP The attacks on your pension benefits keep coming. Just as Chuck Reed’s Measure B pension disaster was mercifully put to an end by San Jose voters in the November 8 election, and as the courts began dissecting Carl DeMaio’s parallel efforts in […]
FRED ROWBOTHAM, Chairman As we closed out the year, the annual PORAC Conference did not disappoint. This venue tends to attract the largest number of members, and it did once again. Unfortunately, it also limits the number of training sessions that are offered. The training offered this year did, however, […]