GARY MESSING Founding Partner JIM HENDERSON Attorney Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP A police officer completing paperwork doesn’t finish up until 25 minutes after the end of the shift. While the department has a written policy to pay overtime, the “unwritten policy” discourages “small overtime claims.” So the officer doesn’t […]
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SUSAN JERICH Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Sobering Statistics on the Deadliest of Hazards: Doing Your Job Officers have an eightfold risk of killing themselves over being killed by a perpetrator. Officers have a threefold risk of suicide over on-duty accidents. Officers have an increased rate […]
GIDIAN R. MELLK Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC California Senate Bill 1421 substantially erodes the confidentiality laws that have long-protected California peace officers. Its purpose, according to the bill’s authors, is to “stem the misuse of peace officer authority by making public information pertaining to […]
MIKE RAINS Principal and Founding Member Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Assembly Bill 748, introduced by Assembly Member Phil Ting, changes previous law under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) relating to video evidence captured by police officers during investigations and/or detentions of individuals. Governor Jerry Brown […]
MICHAEL P. STONE, ESQ. Founder and Principal Partner ROBERT RABE, ESQ. Attorney Stone Busailah, LLP Government Code § 3304 (d) is a potent defense in any investigation and disciplinary action against a public safety officer in California. In a nutshell, a “statute of limitations” defense or “plea in abatement” means […]