HARRY S. STERN Managing Principal Attorney Rains Lucia Stern, PC Arbitrator Robin Matt has overturned the termination of a Concord officer and ordered full back pay. This decision comes after a Superior Court judge dismissed felony criminal charges on the same allegations. Nobody is in favor of domestic violence — […]
ANDREW M. DAWSON Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP The Inglewood Police Department terminated a police officer based primarily upon findings of fault made by the California Highway Patrol’s Multi-Disciplinary Action Investigation Team (MAIT) for a fatal traffic collision. However, CHP MAIT made inaccurate conclusions and failed to include a significant […]
BILL HADDEN Partner Silver, Hadden, Silver & Levine MICHAEL P. STONE Partner Stone Busailah, LLP On June 23, a mistrial was declared in federal district court in Los Angeles when a jury of 10 women and two men announced that it was hopelessly deadlocked in the trial of two Santa […]
HOWARD A. LIBERMAN, ESQ. Partner Silver, Hadden, Silver & Levine The Political Attack on Proactive Law Enforcement The California Supreme Court in 2013 issued its opinion in Hayes v. County of San Diego holding that law enforcement personnel’s tactical conduct and decisions preceding the use of deadly force are relevant considerations […]
(As amended through December 29, 2014) Pursuant to Article XI of the Trust Agreement and Article VII of the Plan Document, the Board of Trustees amends the Plan Document as follows: Section 12 (Benefit Plan V, Retiree Coverage) of Article III (Benefits) is amended as follows: a) subsection (a) is […]