HARRY S. STERN Managing Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Doug Jones was elated. An arbitrator had ordered the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department to return him to duty. He had been vindicated and couldn’t wait to put on his uniform again. But unbeknownst to him, Doug’s fight […]
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MICHAEL L. RAINS Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC This is a follow-up to my article that appeared in the April 2021 issue of PORAC Law Enforcement News entitled “Police Shootings of ‘Unarmed Civilians’ to be Investigated by State DOJ.” I am updating that article in light […]
DAVID GARCIA Attorney Goyette & Associates, Inc. As most of you have likely already heard, AB 1506, which passed last fall, went into effect on July 1. Pursuant to this new law, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has jurisdiction and is required to investigate any incident of an “officer-involved shooting […]
DAVID E. MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC For the first time since Assembly Bill 392 amended Penal Code Section 835a in 2019, an appellate opinion has interpreted the new use-of-deadly-force standards in California. The Third District Court of Appeal in Koussaya v. City of Stockton (2020) 54 Cal. App. 5th […]
LINA BALCIUNAS COCKRELL Senior Counsel Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP There are multiple off-duty situations that could cause the U.S. Department of Justice to impose a “firearms prohibition” against a peace officer, which would prohibit them from carrying a firearm. A firearms prohibition may include involuntary mental health commitments (which […]