Posted by Alison Berry Wilkinson The long-awaited news arrives. You or one of your colleagues has been reinstated following a successful termination appeal. A victory is celebrated. Then come the post-reinstatement headache and the victory celebration hangover. What, you thought it was the alcohol? No – it’s the battle over […]
Posted by Craig Mehrens Chandler police officer Dan Lovelace responded to a priority one call, forged prescription in progress, on October 11, 2001, at approximately 3 p.m. He was the first officer to arrive at the scene on his motorcycle and he parked his bike in front of Ms. Nelson, […]
San Diego Harbor Police Officer Richard Jordan was recently successful in persuading his department to reconsider a proposed pay-step reduction equivalent to a 120-hour suspension. In the end, after a seven-month odyssey that would take him through the criminal and family courts, his final discipline was modified to a note […]
Posted by Tawni Olson Insubordination? What is it exactly? Can negligent or unintentional conduct sustain a charge of insubordination? This article briefly summarizes the charge of ”Insubordination” and various cases where the issue of intent has been discussed. Insubordination covers a range of conduct from refusal to obey an order […]
Posted by Howard Liberman, Esq. Imagine this: You are a full-time police officer with 10 years of service. You spend a weekend a month and two weeks during the summer in another uniform as a member of the Reserves or National Guard. Both your full-time and part-time careers were going […]