Our readership will recall the uplifting story in our November issue of Irvine P.D. Sergeant Brian Clifton, who was exonerated of 84 disciplinary charges and recommended for reinstatement by retired Judge Richard Beacom. According to the department’s charge letter, Clifton was fired for his alleged mismanagement of the Special Enforcement […]
Rocky Lucia, of Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson LLP, recently secured an arbitration award from Arbitrator Matthew Goldberg, reinstating his client to his former position as a deputy sheriff. Lucia represented a former Humboldt County deputy who had been charged with dishonesty arising out of conversations he had with supervisors in […]
Posted by Paul Q. Goyette The arbitrator’s decision to reinstate Chamberlain should mark the end of a two-year battle that illustrates how vulnerable law enforcement employees can be to false accusations. In April 2000, Chamberlain was placed on administrative leave following allegations that he had been involved in a sexual […]
Hearing Officer Lou Zigman wrote the words we love to hear after presiding over the hearing in the termination of San Bernardino County Deputy Sheriff Chris Leahy. Those words were, “That the imposition of disciplinary action, i.e. termination, was clearly inappropriate and not justified” and, “That the appellant is reinstated […]
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department called “penny-wise and pound-foolish”, actions described as “inexplicable” The California Court of Appeal, Second District, called Ventura County “penny-wise and pound-foolish” and described its devious behavior as “inexplicable” in connection with its handling of Deputy Sheriff Mark Jurisic’s proposed disciplinary action. In so doing, the Court […]