JOSHUA A. OLANDER Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC Modoc County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Deputy Daniel Nessling was vindicated on all charges after the District Attorney was forced to dismiss on the first day of trial. Deputy Nessling’s vindication came after 2 1/2 years of unwarranted scrutiny by the Modoc County […]
JASON H. JASMINE Founding Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP Most peace officers are aware that in the 1963 case of Brady v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court created an affirmative obligation for prosecutors to disclose to the defense all known exculpatory information. Failure to do so violates the criminal […]
JEFFREY R.A. EDWARDS, ESQ. Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC In a win for public safety labor associations, the California Supreme Court ruled that public officials cannot hide communications about public business in their personal accounts. The court also took care to shield public employees from unwarranted intrusion in their personal […]
FRED ROWBOTHAM Chairman Many of our members can empower themselves to shape how their rates will look. Plan I, which most of our California member associations are enrolled in, is an “experience” or “usage”-based plan, with regard to your LDF rate. What this means is that your rate for the […]
KEN YUWILER Partner Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver As our readers might recall from prior articles, Robert Kirsch was a custody deputy in the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department who was accused of excessive use of force on an inmate. After he was terminated by the Department, and […]