LEGAL DEFENSE FUND OF THE PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT This is a summary of the annual report for the Legal Defense Fund of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, (Employer ID No. 23-7077256, Plan No. 501) for the year ended December 31, 2022. The […]
ROGER D. WILSON Of Counsel Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC “Murderer! Murderer!” came the shouts from a group of four men and women standing nearby as Modesto Police Officer Joseph Lamantia and I walked to the entrance of the Stanislaus County Courthouse. As we passed the group, […]
BRIAN GABRIEL Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC Amid increased scrutinization of deadly officer-involved shootings, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently vindicated the objectively reasonable standard in analyzing lawsuits involving the use of deadly force by peace officers. In Estate of Strickland v. Nevada County, 69 F.4th 614 (9th Cir. […]
MATTHEW TAYLOR Associate Attorney Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP In its July 7, 2023, decision, Bernal v. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, Case No. 22-15690, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the first time that law enforcement officers’ detention of witnesses, without suspicion, under “special circumstances” did not violate […]
MONTANA MASSONE, ESQ. Associate Attorney Castillo Harper, APC After receiving a call from my client that she received a Notice of Intent to Terminate, I awaited documents outlining all my client’s alleged misconduct. My client’s interview had been several hours long, and I expected that this meant the investigation and […]