STEVEN ALVARADO Senior Associate Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC When Your Badge Is the #1 Obstacle to Getting the Help You Need “We object, your honor. The defendant is a police officer and should know better…” This is an all-too-common argument I hear from prosecutors while defending […]
ALISON BERRY WILKINSON Partner Messing Adam Jasmine & Shore, LLP Buried in the File: The Overlooked Deadline That Undid a Suspension When the City of Oakland moved to suspend Police Officer Carlos Quintana for 30 days, it looked like a routine internal affairs matter. It ended as something far rarer: […]
JOHN E.B. MYERS RICHARD SQUIBBS DANIEL MARTINEZ SANDOVAL Davis Police Department The driver and passengers of a car have a reasonable expectation of privacy (REP) in the car. Despite a REP, there are many ways for police to search cars without a warrant, including consent, the automobile exception, an inventory […]
DAVID EMILIO MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC How Building the Record Exposed a Manufactured Motive to Lie in a Dishonesty Termination The reinstatement of Sacramento Police Officer Mark Smalling constitutes a significant affirmation of due process principles in peace officer disciplinary proceedings. It illustrates the decisive role that thorough and […]
JASON JASMINE Founding Partner Messing Adam Jasmine & Shore, LLP Industrial disability retirement (IDR) — a benefit available to public safety officers such as peace officers, correctional officers and firefighters who must retire due to a disability — can be a very lucrative benefit. A peace officer can receive up […]