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 […]
Posted by Todd Simonson Arbitrator Barbara Kong-Brown recently reinstated Richmond Police Officer Jeff Tyner to work nearly two years after he was unjustly terminated for a traffic accident. Thanks to former Acting Richmond Police Chief Charles Bennett, Jeff was forced to fight for his job back. Thanks to support from […]