Posted by Harry Stern Howard Grant is a civilian employee of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department, and a member of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association. The lion’s share of articles appearing on these pages concern cases involving sworn peace officers. Certainly, the vast majority of our firm’s work is representing […]
The San Luis Obispo POA and its leadership was granted a Temporary Restraining Order recently to prevent the department from approving, certifying, appointing or taking any further action to implement the certification and appointment of promotional candidates for the sergeant’s classification. The TRO included as well, questioning, inquiring or otherwise […]
After a long struggle involving multiple legal defense cases, police officer Jeffrey Stine is extremely pleased that he was reinstated to the El Cajon Police Department. Stine’s saga began last year when a call for service was broadcast while he was meeting with fellow officers in the field. The call […]
Deputy Sheriff, Kevin Mooney, of Contra Costa Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, recently received a second decision in his favor from Arbitrator John Kagel. Mooney had been terminated by Contra Costa County, but, following a 1999 arbitration, he was reinstated with full back pay, less a suspension. Mooney’s representatives, Ron Yank and […]
Posted by Rocky Lucia A police officer was recently charged with insubordination arising out of an alleged order concerning restrictions on communications with his estranged spouse. The spouse had filed a complaint with the department concerning off-duty conduct. The department conducted an investigation of the underlying allegations, which were not […]
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