KEVIN WIEMER Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, A.P.C. Monterey County Deputy Max Crowell was acquitted halfway through his trial. The not-guilty verdict came on the one-year anniversary of his arraignment. The case was highly contested, with over 20 motions filed and argued by Deputy Crowell’s attorney, Kevin Wiemer of Mastagni Holstedt, […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
This is a summary of the annual report for the Legal Defense Fund of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, (Employer ID No. 23—7077256, Plan No. 501) for the year ended December 31, 2017. The annual report has been filed with EBSA as required under the Employee Retirement Income […]
GARY MESSING Founding Partner JIM HENDERSON Attorney Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP A police officer completing paperwork doesn’t finish up until 25 minutes after the end of the shift. While the department has a written policy to pay overtime, the “unwritten policy” discourages “small overtime claims.” So the officer doesn’t […]
SUSAN JERICH Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Sobering Statistics on the Deadliest of Hazards: Doing Your Job Officers have an eightfold risk of killing themselves over being killed by a perpetrator. Officers have a threefold risk of suicide over on-duty accidents. Officers have an increased rate […]
GIDIAN R. MELLK Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC California Senate Bill 1421 substantially erodes the confidentiality laws that have long-protected California peace officers. Its purpose, according to the bill’s authors, is to “stem the misuse of peace officer authority by making public information pertaining to […]