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, 2017. The annual report has been filed with EBSA as required under the Employee Retirement Income […]
GARY MESSING Founding Partner JIM HENDERSON Attorney Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP A police officer completing paperwork doesn’t finish up until 25 minutes after the end of the shift. While the department has a written policy to pay overtime, the “unwritten policy” discourages “small overtime claims.” So the officer doesn’t […]
SUSAN JERICH Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Sobering Statistics on the Deadliest of Hazards: Doing Your Job Officers have an eightfold risk of killing themselves over being killed by a perpetrator. Officers have a threefold risk of suicide over on-duty accidents. Officers have an increased rate […]
GIDIAN R. MELLK Associate Attorney Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC California Senate Bill 1421 substantially erodes the confidentiality laws that have long-protected California peace officers. Its purpose, according to the bill’s authors, is to “stem the misuse of peace officer authority by making public information pertaining to […]
MIKE RAINS Principal and Founding Member Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Assembly Bill 748, introduced by Assembly Member Phil Ting, changes previous law under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) relating to video evidence captured by police officers during investigations and/or detentions of individuals. Governor Jerry Brown […]