MICHAEL P. STONE, ESQ. Partner ROBERT RABE, ESQ. Attorney Stone Busailah, LLP How can an inaccurate use-of-force report constitute a federal crime? You are a deputy with the county sheriff’s department. You are required to document uses of force in a variety of departmental reports.¹ We all know that such […]
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, 2016. The annual report has been filed with EBSA as required under the Employee Retirement Income […]
KEVIN A. FLAUTT HOWARD A. LIBERMAN KENNETH E. BACON Attorneys Mastagni Holstedt, APC On October 3, 2017, the United States Federal District Court for the Central District of California denied access to the personal cellphones of Palos Verdes Police Officers’ Association members in the case of Cory Spencer, et al. […]
JUSTIN E. BUFFINGTON Partner Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC Kensington Police Sergeant Keith Barrow, like any other law enforcement officer, never imagined in his wildest dreams that he would be disciplined, much less subjected to a double demotion, for allowing a subordinate to engage in a perfectly […]
GREGG ADAM Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine One of the historically key factors in any “just cause” disciplinary action is the employer’s obligation to establish that the employee had prior notice of the policy allegedly violated and the employer’s expectations about the employee’s compliance with that policy. That burden on […]