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 […]
ROBERT RABE Attorney Stone Busailah, LLP In a recent PERB decision, the Board held that the standard order prohibiting the subject of an internal administrative investigation from discussing the matter with co-workers, witnesses and potential witnesses interfered with the peace officer’s and union’s rights (County of Santa Clara [2018] PERB […]
JOSHUA A. OLANDER Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC On February 14, Stockton Police Department Officer Joseph Ciccarelli was ordered reinstated after he was terminated for an alleged violation of the police department’s emergency driving policy when he was involved in a collision that resulted in the death of a civilian. […]