Officer-Involved shooting in Santa Clara County was recently the subject of an unprecedented public session of the criminal grand jury, which exonerated the officer but raised questions and concerns about how such shootings may be investigated in future, high-profile cases. It is too early to tell whether the case involving […]
Long-time Imperial Police Chief Avis Moore was reinstated as police chief after a long investigation and recommendation that she be fired by the city manager. Ironically the city manager who made the recommendation lost his job as a result. On February 14, 1996, newly hired City Manager Baldev Josan placed […]
Peter Hoyle worked as a police officer for nearly 20 years at the time he was terminated by the City of Ukiah. His work evaluations were excellent. His credentials are unquestioned. However, the local newspaper began publishing critical comments about him after he was required to use his sidearm to […]
At about 3:30 a.m. on Friday morning, October 27, 1995, Maywood Police Officer Sean Richardson was processing a stolen car he had located. Working auto theft was a particular knack of Richardson’s. His Sergeant, J.J. Williams, came to the scene of the vehicle recovery. Williams noticed a’72 Datsun approaching at […]