On Friday, January 7, 2005, Janon Mirabella, a Yolo County deputy sheriff, received a Notice of Proposed Termination via certified mail. Although Mirabella was off work with a doctor’s note, the Notice proposed to terminate Mirabella for unauthorized absences from work. The Notice instructed Mirabella that her only opportunity to […]
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Posted by William R. Rapoport In the June 2005 PORAC Law Enforcement News article on San Carlos Police Officer Gilbert Granado, I outlined the struggle that he was having regaining his position with the San Carlos Police Department after his termination in November 2001. Granado spent 13 ½ years with […]
Posted by Harry S. Stern Palo Alto is a town of contrasts and contradictions. Stanford University is here and the streets are lined with trees and multi-million dollar homes. But Palo Alto also has an undercurrent of radical politics and a not-insignificant crime problem. Caught in between these colliding worlds […]
Posted by Alison Berry Wilkinson If you have no medical or psychological problems, but simply a perceived bad attitude, can that cost you your job? Apparently so, if you work for the San Mateo Police Department. It all began when Sergeant Antonio Giusto, a 15-year veteran with an unblemished record […]
Posted by Robert W. Krause The city of San Bernardino Civil Service Board has ordered veteran San Bernardino Police Officer Johnnie Macias reinstated with full back pay and benefits. After five days of hearing, the board exonerated Macias of all charges pending against him. I had the privilege of representing […]