MIKE RAINS Principal Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC I have represented police clients for the last four decades in some pretty crazy disciplinary cases, but my recent representation of Vallejo Police Lieutenant Michael Nichelini, who is also the president of the Vallejo Police Officers Association (VPOA), […]
Yearly Archives: 2023
DAVID EMILIO MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC As most PORAC members already know, SB 2 requires the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission to implement its decertification process on January 1, 2023. Given the short amount of time the Legislature afforded POST to enact regulations on the process, hire […]
MICHAEL D. WILLIAMSON, ESQ. Associate Stone Busailah, LLP The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a five-hour detention, even assuming a legitimate reason to detain initially existed, but then dissipated, was too long under the circumstances (Nicholson v. City of Los Angeles, 935 F.3d 685 [9th Cir. 2019]). The […]
LIAM H.P. CASEY Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC In a decisive victory for California’s first responders, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1127 on September 29, 2022, to take effect on January 1, 2023. This bill makes three improvements to the California workers’ compensation system. SB 1127 Shortened time periods. SB 1127 […]
BRANDI L. HARPER Managing Partner Castillo Harper, APC The prolific use of smartphones with recording capabilities and social media has enabled the public to record police activities. While most police contacts are professional and without incident, this practice has allowed the public to catch some police activities and situations that […]