Posted by Michael D. Schwartz, Esq. Before his demotion, Pete Friesen had accrued a nearly flawless record during his 18-year tenure with the Inglewood Police Department. He started that career as a small boy coming to the Inglewood Police Department to visit his father, then-Officer and future-Lieutenant Les Friesen. As […]
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Posted by David E. Mastagni Kathleen N. M. Storm The Lincoln Police Officers’ Association (LPOA) vindicated important associational rights to control the content of their postings on the POA bulletin board by initiating an unfair labor practice charge and grievance against former-Chief Vizzusi and the City of Lincoln. Based on […]
Posted by Daniel T. McNamara After seven days of hearing, Arbitrator Robin Matt recently reinstated a Yolo County District Attorney investigator who was fired after authoring a published letter accusing the District Attorney of unethical practices. Investigator Rick Gore settled his claims against the County and District Attorney Reisig, following […]
Posted by Michael D. Schwartz, Esq. I. INTRODUCTION: In the last article, Part 1 of Articulating Use of Force in the Field and in the Courtroom, we discussed briefly some of the prevailing law regarding the legality of an officer’s use of force in the field. In the present installment […]
Posted by Andy Schlenker Immediately following a critical incident; whether it is a shooting, a death in custody or a substantial use of force resulting in serious physical injury, an investigation is always imminent. The most important part of that investigation will be the statement provided by you, the subject […]