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 […]
Michael Fassari is a deputy sheriff III with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. He is delighted to have successfully concluded the oldest open Legal Defense Fund case. Ten years ago, Fassari was part of a team which was serving a search warrant. During the incident, he was involved in […]