Matthew Morrissey began his police career with Concord as a Cadet in 1979, became a sworn officer in 1981, and was promoted to sergeant in 1992. On several occasions, Morrissey was approached by management and encouraged to compete for a lieutenant’s position. He declined the invitations, preferring to concentrate his […]
Posted by Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson LLP The Richmond Police Officers’ Association has obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the Richmond Police Commission from holding public hearings to investigate POA President Chuck Whitney. This result was obtained by Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson partner Alison Berry Wilkinson, due to the […]
Posted by Michael P. Stone, esq. & Marc J. Berger, esq. A city government’s recent attempt to misuse the court system to financially cripple the local police union was successfully overcome in a Los Angeles Superior Court case known as City of South Gate v. South Gate Police Officers Association. […]
Posted by Christopher W. Miller In the first proceeding of its kind in San Joaquin County history, an open session of the criminal grand jury voted not to indict two Manteca detectives and a Ripon police sergeant accused of excessive force and perjury. I represented the three officers throughout the […]
Sergeant Armando Castillo of the Ventura County Community College District (VCCCD) has won his termination appeal and is to be immediately reinstated to his position as sergeant of police with the district. The findings came after four days of hearing and presentation of more than 16 witnesses before Arbitrator Philip […]