Posted by Michael Langton Sgt. Barry Roseman The Employee-Management Relations Board of Nevada (EMRB), has overturned the terminations of two Reno/Tahoe Airport police sergeants. On January 30, 2001, the EMRB ordered Sergeants Barry Roseman (one of the authors) and Francis Fowler re-instated with back pay and benefits, including interest and […]
Posted by Mike Rains It is hard to imagine that a small and seemingly peaceful town named Dinuba, located in the Central Valley 40 miles southeast of Fresno, would serve as the backdrop for one of the more interesting cases I have handled at the request of the Legal Defense […]
Posted by Christopher Miller A recent arbitration decision returning a sheriff’s sergeant to work with a sustained dishonesty finding has renewed the controversy over the affect on peace officer discipline of the prosecutor’s obligation to disclose evidence affecting witness credibility. Arbitrator Finds Disparate Treatment: Arbitrator Alexander Cohn determined the sergeant […]
In a strongly worded decision issued on April 20, 2001, Judge Robert H. Gallivan, of the Orange County Superior Court, issued a preliminary injunction against the City of Seal Beach and the Seal Beach Police Department, ordering them to refrain from taking any punitive action (including discipline and holding any […]
Posted by The First Preliminary Hearing Chamberlain’s ordeal began in March 1999, when he took disciplinary action against a female inmate named Armstrong. Armstrong became angry at Chamberlain and made numerous statements that she was going to file a complaint against him to try to get him fired. Ultimately, Armstrong […]