In a disciplinary case submitted to final and binding arbitration, Correctional Officer Brian Haslinger prevailed in an arbitration which completely exonerated him of misconduct. Haslinger was represented by Dan Connolly of LDF Panel Firm Clisham & Sortor in San Francisco. Haslinger, a correctional officer with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s […]
Arbitrator Bonnie Bogue reinstated a Berkeley police officer fired by the department after the officer failed to investigate a fraternity-house burglary. The officer appealed the termination and was represented by Carrol, Burdick, & McDonough’s Martin Gran. While the arbitrator sustained most of the allegations against the officer, she overturned the […]
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 […]
After two long years, former Contra Costa Deputy Sheriff Michael Cauraugh has recently won his job back at arbitration before John L. Saltonstall, Jr. Sheriff Warren Rupf terminated Deputy Cauraugh on August 23, 1994, for allegedly pointing his service weapon at a co-worker while both were awaiting the commencement of […]
Arbitrator Joe Gentile recently reinstated six-year veteran Oceanside Officer Doug Baxter. Baxter was investigated in September and October 1994 when an audit conducted by department supervisors revealed that a number of officers assigned to patrol were using the mobile digital transmitters (“MDT”) in their police cars for personal communications. At […]