BRIAN P. ROSS Senior Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC AB 655, otherwise known as the California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform (CLEAR) Act, is currently wending its way through the California State Legislature. The CLEAR Act is an attempt to prohibit peace officers in the state […]
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BRANDI L. HARPER Founding Partner Castillo Harper, APC Unfortunately, it may come to pass at some point in your career, there is no easy or clear choice on a decision to be made. An instance that merits discussion is when an officer is facing potential criminal charges for conduct within […]
MICHAEL L. RAINS Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC I hope that those who read this article are not hearing for the first time about this important change in the law relating to officer-involved shooting investigations. The primary objective of my article is to advise police officers […]
ROBERT RABE Associate Stone Busailah, LLP The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has recently handed down a decision that may affect officers everywhere. In Tabares v. City of Huntington Beach, United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Cir., No. 19-56035, February 17, 2021, a Huntington Beach police officer, Eric […]
GREGG ADAM AND MATTHEW TAYLOR Partner, Associate Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP In recent years, it is hard to recall many published court opinions that have protected police officers’ — or, for that matter, any public employee’s — right to post social or political commentary on social media. Almost every […]