Antioch Police Officer Tim Brown and his attorney, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough (CBM) partner Mike Rains recently prevailed in a criminal trial of a police officer charged with two counts of workers compensation fraud, and a third count of perjury. Here is an account of this interesting case: Brown joined […]
Arbitrator Louis M. Zigman reduced a Huntington Beach detention officer’s 80—hour suspension to 10 hours and recommended reinstatement to the Reserve Officer program. At the hearing, the officer was represented by Gregory Petersen of the Petersen Law Firm, Costa Mesa, California. The Appellant was employed as a Detention Officer at […]
On March 12, 1997, emphatically rejecting prosecution claims of a rampant police conspiracy and cover-up, a Ventura County jury acquitted Oxnard Officer Robert Flinn on two counts of assault under color of authority, while the jury hung 11—1 and 7—5 in favor of the officer on two other such counts. […]
In the early morning hours of April 29, 1995, San Bernardino County Deputy Sheriff Robert Ashton was at a Rancho Cucamonga restaurant when the screams of a waitress caught his attention. Ashton was directed by the waitress toward a group of suspects in a vehicle in the restaurant’s parking lot, […]
Arbitrator Lawrence Corbett recently ruled that Oakland Police Officer Craig Chew was improperly removed from the Canine Unit. He reminded the City that; “not only have there been no complaints sustained with respect to Officer Chew, but there is also no way of retroactively reconstructing and investigating each incident.” The […]