When veteran Tuolumne County Corporal Mark Kerzich began pursuit of a speeding motorist in Tuolumne County, he didn’t expect to be involved in an accident. Kerzich probably had even less indication that by following Tuolumne County’s policies concerning emergency operation of department vehicles, he would be subjected to disciplinary action. […]
Posted by Bradley M. Fields Most public agencies recognize the basic requirements of protections afforded by California law to their peace officers. However, the city of National City recently demonstrated that even the most basic of peace officer protections are not always held sacred. In a recent case, National City […]
Posted by Terry Lynn Bowman While David Ryan was awaiting the arbitration hearing to fight his termination from the City of Concord Police Department, the police department did something very interesting – they tried to fire David Ryan again. The First Firing- Internal Affairs Case Number 03—31 Ryan enjoyed working […]
In the recently published decision of Alameda v. State Personnel Board, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, made two critical findings while interpreting the rights of officers pursuant to the Public Safety Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights Act. (Government Code Section 3300, et seq.) The case was one […]
Deputy Ron Tegland had processed hundreds, maybe thousands of inmates at the main jail in his several years with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. He’d dealt with everything from the first offender DUI to murder suspects, tweekers, gangbangers, and 5150s. He had been part of a six-deputy melee to subdue […]