Posted by PETER J. HORTON Sergeant Molly Hansen was employed by the Guadalupe Police Department during a work shift in June 2010. Part of Sergeant Hansen’s duties included creating the work schedule for the Department. One of the chief’s confidants, an officer actively seeking Sergeant Hansen’s position, met with the […]
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Posted by TERRY LEONI On December 29, 2011, the parties to this case learned that Arbitrator James Margolin determined that the City of Livermore had absolutely no cause to terminate Detective Anthony Batrez of the Livermore Police Department and ordered his immediate reinstatement with full back pay and benefits. On […]
Posted by Sean D. Howell A second career for Lake County Correctional Officer Melissa Wallahan is safe after the Lake County Board of Supervisors adopted a proposed decision, reversing her termination. Wallahan was reinstated by the Lake County Board of Supervisors on March 6, 2012, with back pay and an […]
Posted by Mike Rains **Part one of this article appeared in the April issue of the PORAC News Magazine The Flawed and Dishonest Internal Investigation As I waded through mounds of investigative reports and supporting documents, it became clear to me that the Department’s initial IA investigation, as well as […]
Posted by Corey Glave Hawthorne Police Officer Robert Shay is one of those hard-working, no-nonsense officers that has never been in trouble. That is until a newly promoted sergeant did not think he responded to a call for service in a timely manner. In June 2011, Shay was assigned to […]