Posted by Robert W. Krause To remedy this anomaly, PORAC and others helped to get an amendment to the POBR passed. That amendment came in the form of Gov. Code Section 3304(d), which is set forth below: “(d) Except as provided in this subdivision and subdivision (g), no punitive action, […]
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Posted by Alison Berry Wilkinson Almost immediately, a question was raised concerning whether this new language only prohibited evidence about forced lie detector tests, or whether it broadly prohibited all lie detector evidence in administrative hearings – even where the peace officer voluntarily subjected his or herself to the test, […]
The faithful readership of PORAC News will recall articles in recent issues about two Irvine officers who were ordered reinstated after former Police Chief Charles Brobeck terminated them in a purge of the department’s Special Enforcement Team (SET). The third officer terminated in that purge, 17-year veteran Gerald Head, received […]
On September 8, 2000, Sgt. James Smith, a member of the Humboldt County Law Enforcement Association in Humboldt County, Nevada, was terminated by his employer, the Sheriff’s Department. On July 3, 2000, Smith, who was recently separated from his wife, was asked by his father-in-law to drop by his estranged […]
Our readership will recall the uplifting story in our November issue of Irvine P.D. Sergeant Brian Clifton, who was exonerated of 84 disciplinary charges and recommended for reinstatement by retired Judge Richard Beacom. According to the department’s charge letter, Clifton was fired for his alleged mismanagement of the Special Enforcement […]