Posted by Mark A. Kilburn On June 22, 2005 Deputy Mike Moore of the Elko County Sheriff’s Office in Elko, Nevada, was dispatched to an emergency call south of Elko involving a suicidal subject with a gun. Two other deputies were on scene, but needed Moore at the location immediately […]
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Posted by Kenneth Yuwiler Sgt. Gabriela Garcia is an employee of Inglewood Police Department. To honor her former partner and co-worker who died in the line of duty, she attended one of the first police memorial ceremonies following his death. After an investigation, the department determined that Garcia was not […]
Posted by Helen L. Schwab David Llanes is a police officer with the Pasadena Police Department. The department terminated Llanes after he was accused of willfully mistreating a prisoner. The department claimed Llanes encouraged the prisoner to fight and even wagered with the prisoner regarding the outcome of a fight […]
Posted by Harry Stern In January’s edition of PORAC News I reported about Shasta County Marshal’s Sergeant Dan Neville. As you will recall, a jury acquitted Neville of using excessive force when he pepper-sprayed a deranged inmate. However, the jury deadlocked on a charge that Neville had authored a false […]
Posted by Lance Davis, Esq. University of California, San Francisco, Police Officer Lance Martin recently was awarded back pay in binding arbitration after successfully grieving a 20-hour suspension for using his patrol car’s lights and sirens and being involved in a vehicle accident. Arbitrator Luella Nelson’s award included rescinding the […]