MICHAEL L. RAINS Principal Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC For the background of this case, see Part 1 in the August issue of PORAC Law Enforcement News. The Trial If the initial charging of Officer Brad Alford was hasty and ill-thought-out, the thought given to prosecuting […]
PORAC Legal Defense Fund Member Conference July 22nd to July 23rd, 2019 Las Vegas – Nevada FRED ROWBOTHAM Chairman As it comes to a close, I have been reflecting on the year behind us. It has been a year of moving forward on many fronts. In the past, the membership […]
MICHAEL L. RAINS Principal Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Any police officer who wants to know how the power of video evidence in a use-of-force case can potentially derail a career and throw a police family into despair should talk to Rocklin Police Officer Brad Alford. […]
MICHAEL A. MORGUESS Associate Attorney Castillo Harper, APC Last year, a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge found that the San Bernardino County Civil Service Commission’s findings upholding a termination were against the weight of the evidence presented at the administrative hearing, and that the Department violated pre-disciplinary due process […]
SEAN D. CURRIN Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC An arbitrator recently exonerated a 13-year Seaside Corporal, determining his suspension was “not for just cause.” The Seaside Police Department sought to sustain over a dozen policy violations against Corporal Sakhrani for violations ranging from gender discrimination/harassment to bullying. None of the […]