SEAN D. CURRIN Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC Officer Michael Lewis, a 13-year veteran of the BART Police Department, was exonerated of any wrongdoing related to allegations of use of force, reporting use of force, and failure to activate his video camera. Though the BART P.D.’s bias against its own […]
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(As amended through September 18, 2016) Pursuant to Article VII of the Plan Document and to Article VI, Section 3 of the Trust Agreement, the Board of Trustees of the PORAC Legal Defense Fund hereby amends the Plan Document as follows: The existing language of Subsection (a) (Employment Practices) of […]
MICHAEL P. STONE, ESQ. Partner MUNA BUSAILAH, ESQ. Partner Stone Busailah, LLP C.A. 4th Opinion Helps to Level Playing Field for Cops In Riverside County Sheriff’s Department v. Stiglitz (Drinkwater, Real Party In Interest), 60 Cal. 4th 624 (2014), the California Supreme Court broke new ground in the law by […]
ANDREW DAWSON Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP Once again, Inglewood Police Department Chief Fronterotta and Captain DiBernardo have been overturned in a petty disciplinary suspension that should have never been pursued. A senior police detective was issued a 20-hour suspension for accidentally sending an email to a victim, which the […]
SEAN D. HOWELL Senior Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC Twelve-year veteran officer Jason Miller was returned to the Canine Unit and given a new canine partner after appealing the Department’s decision to remove him for allegations of excessive use of force. Miller was a new canine handler, having started training […]