ANDREW M. DAWSON Founding Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP A police detective with over 16 years of law enforcement experience and no prior discipline has repeatedly been targeted by the Inglewood Police Department. Shortly after her successful litigation against false allegations by the Department, wherein the Department tried to demote […]
JOSHUA A. OLANDER Associate JUDITH A. ODBERT Senior Associate Mastagni Holstedt, APC On November 24, 2015, Arbitrator Nancy Hutt ordered Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police Officer Ronald Rodriguez reinstated following his termination for misuse of the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS). Associate Joshua A. Olander and Senior Associate […]
FRED ROWBOTHAM, Chairman Your elected PORAC leaders are constantly battling at the federal, state and local levels to retain the hard-earned benefits negotiated over the years by those who came before us. This fight is made harder by other groups of lesser significance who claim to represent law enforcement’s interests, […]
GARY MESSING Partner GREGG ADAM Partner MESSING ADAM & JASMINE LLP The 2015—2016 term of the United States Supreme Court has opened in Washington, D.C. Among the most closely watched cases on the court’s docket this year will be Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. This is a challenge by a […]
MIKE STONE, ESQ. Partner Stone Busailah, LLP BILL HADDEN, ESQ. Partner SILVER, HADDEN, SILVER & LEVINE For Part 1 of this article, please see the December 2015 issue of the PORAC Law Enforcement News. The Nuances of Video (Continued) A lack of understanding of the limits of the jail video […]