DAVID E. MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC In Cunningham v. Shelby County, Tennessee (6th Cir. 2021) 994 F.3d 761, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals highlighted the important benefits officers enjoy from body-worn and dashboard cameras in granting two deputies qualified immunity in this civil case. The appellate court reversed […]
HARRY S. STERN Managing Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Doug Jones was elated. An arbitrator had ordered the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department to return him to duty. He had been vindicated and couldn’t wait to put on his uniform again. But unbeknownst to him, Doug’s fight […]
MICHAEL L. RAINS Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC This is a follow-up to my article that appeared in the April 2021 issue of PORAC Law Enforcement News entitled “Police Shootings of ‘Unarmed Civilians’ to be Investigated by State DOJ.” I am updating that article in light […]
DAVID GARCIA Attorney Goyette & Associates, Inc. As most of you have likely already heard, AB 1506, which passed last fall, went into effect on July 1. Pursuant to this new law, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has jurisdiction and is required to investigate any incident of an “officer-involved shooting […]
DAVID E. MASTAGNI Partner Mastagni Holstedt, APC For the first time since Assembly Bill 392 amended Penal Code Section 835a in 2019, an appellate opinion has interpreted the new use-of-deadly-force standards in California. The Third District Court of Appeal in Koussaya v. City of Stockton (2020) 54 Cal. App. 5th […]