Legal Defense Fund lawyers have successfully obtained an injunction against the City of Modesto and the Modesto Police Department for the department’s violation of a police officer’s rights under the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights. Robert Finley retired from his police officer position in June 1994. Prior to retiring, in […]
As our avid readers will recall, we previously chronicled the saga of fired Santa Maria Officer Tom Radzyminski, whose Petition for Writ of Mandate to overturn the termination was granted by Superior Court Judge Zel Canter on January 5, 2000. Radzyminski, who previously served with great distinction in the U.S. […]
On December 26, 1999, at approximately 8 p.m., Eureka Police Department dispatch received a 911 call of a possible burglary at a residence on W. Russ Street in Eureka, a residence occupied by a husband and wife in their mid-70s. Sergeant Zanotti responded to the dispatch from the street, and […]
Harold Holmes was the chief of a small police force in Tulelake, a small town near the Oregon border. His first year on the job was fine, but with the election in November 1998, a new group took over the city council. In just about three months, the new city […]
Anthony Grima began his law enforcement career as an Explorer Scout with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, where he worked from December 1989, until his appointment as a correctional officer with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office on May 15, 1995. His career with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s […]