MICHAEL P. STONE, ESQ. Partner MUNA BUSAILAH, ESQ. Partner Stone Busailah, LLP C.A. 4th Opinion Helps to Level Playing Field for Cops In Riverside County Sheriff’s Department v. Stiglitz (Drinkwater, Real Party In Interest), 60 Cal. 4th 624 (2014), the California Supreme Court broke new ground in the law by […]
ANDREW DAWSON Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP Once again, Inglewood Police Department Chief Fronterotta and Captain DiBernardo have been overturned in a petty disciplinary suspension that should have never been pursued. A senior police detective was issued a 20-hour suspension for accidentally sending an email to a victim, which the […]
FRED ROWBOTHAM Chairman On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the PORAC Legal Defense Fund, I look forward to welcoming everyone to this year’s PORAC Conference in Anaheim, California, during the third week of November. Over the course of this past year, your LDF trustees and staff have been […]
SEAN D. HOWELL Senior Associate Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC Twelve-year veteran officer Jason Miller was returned to the Canine Unit and given a new canine partner after appealing the Department’s decision to remove him for allegations of excessive use of force. Miller was a new canine handler, having started training […]
RICHARD P. FISHER Senior Labor and Employment Counsel Goyette & Associates In a significant decision affecting every correctional sheriff’s deputy in California, the Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District (Case No. F071257) ruled on August 11 that custodial deputies under Penal Code Section 830.1(c) “are exempt from the […]