What began as a dismal 2005, turned into a string of 2006 successes for the Coalinga POA (POA), fueled by responsive leadership and a broad-based combination of organizational unity, legal persistence, and the aid of a coalition of local police organizations and the Legal Defense Fund. In early 2005, the […]
Category: PORAC LDF News
Posted by Paul Q. Goyette The San Joaquin County Superior Court has dismissed the charges of Penal Code § 149 (assault under color of authority) against San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department Correctional Officer Terry MacDougall. The dismissal followed a mistrial where a deadlocked jury could not make a decision. The […]
Alfonso Amador had been a police officer for the city of Huntington Park for 12 years when he was thrown into a battle with the department’s administration and the city, a battle which took over three years before he was vindicated. On November 20, 2002, Officer Amador was one of […]
Posted by Christopher W. Miller, Esq. In a case demonstrating both the scope of services provided by the PORAC Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the complex nature of civil litigation involving public safety officers, the Fund recently concluded three years of representation to several Yuba County Sheriff’s Department employees who […]
In late 2003, then-Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputy Blaine Johnson knew that his days as a law enforcement officer were numbered. Despite his long and successful career that spanned decades at various agencies, he knew that the “fix was in”, and that his then-employer would stop at nothing to terminate him. […]