Thanks to the persistence of paralegal/investigator Sandi Harbottle and the efforts of LDF attorney Barry Bennett, from the Fresno firm of Bennett & Sharpe, Kings County Probation Officer Tracy Kaufman is back to work, cleared of all charges. Contrary to the old saying, “A good deed went unpunished,” finally. A […]
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An arbitrator recently ruled that Officer Christine O’Keefe, of the Redwood City Police Department, was entitled to an administrative appeal of her loss of longevity pay. The loss of longevity pay had resulted from a single below standard rating in O’Keefe’s six-monthly evaluation. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, a below […]
Posted by Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson LLP A chance encounter and exchange of small talk resulted in a three-year battle to overturn a termination. Thanks to the support of the PORAC Legal Defense Fund and the persistence of LDF panel attorney Alison Berry Wilkinson, the San Mateo County Superior Court […]
Posted by Russell J. Cole Lavon Dwyer was on duty as a patrol officer for the city of San Bernardino on April 2002. He ran the license plate of a Toyota that caught his attention. Nothing of interest turned up, and Dwyer forgot what was only one of many insignificant […]
In the waning days of 2001, Pomona Detective Danny Kono found himself with a little too much time on his hands. Having been issued a copy of then-Police Chief Fred Sanchez’s year-end message to the troops, Kono decided he would create some holiday cheer for his colleagues in the Detective […]