Posted by Edward Marc Fishman On a normal duty day in September 1998, Deputy Kip Ringen (of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department) was on-duty, driving his patrol vehicle. Traveling on a two-lane highway, he found himself behind a long, slow-moving line of traffic. In an effort to pass this string […]
Sergeant Scott Attebery was recently reinstated to his position as a police sergeant and received back pay and payment for 30-days suspension (over $20,000, plus interest), after being cleared of the biased, and unsupported charges made by the Murrieta Police department. Attebery (a two-time recipient of the distinguished service award […]
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 […]