On January 30, 1998, a Superior Court judge for Madera County dismissed felony false police report charges which were filed against Madera County Deputy Sheriff Sergeant Darrell Hibbens. The case arose out of an allegation made by a deputy, who, at the time of the incident, had eight months experience. […]
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Posted by Susan Silver In 1996, George Jaramillo met Mike Carona. They became friends, and Jaramillo served as Carona’s campaign manager in his run for Orange County sheriff. When Carona was elected, he appointed Jaramillo as one of four or five assistant sheriffs to serve immediately under Carona. Right before […]
Posted by Andy Schlenker Your Legal Defense Fund administrative coverage provides a defense to any administrative disciplinary action up through and including the Skelly hearing. Afterward, LDF will only defend those matters that are determined to be within the “scope of employment,” such as allegations of excessive force used during […]
Posted by Gary Messing With interest arbitration for California public employees already severely threatened, if not already on “endangered species” lists, it was heartening, from the employee perspective, for the governor to sign into law Assembly Bill 646. Effective January 1, 2012, AB 646 amends the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act to give […]
Posted by Mike Rains The Plaintiffs in this civil rights action were survivors of Asa Sullivan, who was shot and killed by San Francisco police officers on June 6, 2006. The individual officers who had shot Sullivan sought to be dismissed from the lawsuit on a grant of qualified immunity, […]