Posted by Christopher W. Miller, Esq. An officer-involved shooting in Rohnert Park last May has led to recent, pro-officer changes to the critical incident and administrative investigation procedures used by the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety and the Rohnert Park Public Safety Officers’ Association. In the early morning hours […]
Posted by Devonne Midson Elizabeth Silver On October 10, 2000, Gil Garcetti, then district attorney for the County of Los Angeles, issued Special Directive 00—01. The special directive established the official policy regarding the prosecution’s obligations under the Supreme Court’s decision in Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83, 83 […]
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 […]