MARK O’CONNELL Labor Relations Representative Berry Wilkinson Law Group Several years ago, the comedian Chris Rock created a comedy sketch entitled “How to Not Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police.” It quickly became a classic. Using his theme, “Obey the law,” we could easily make a video entitled “How […]
WILLIAM J. HADDEN Partner Silver, Hadden, Silver, Wexler & Levine As the director of the Ben Clark Training Center and the law enforcement liaison for Riverside Community College, Sergeant Jon Wade was a busy man. It was not unusual for him to work up to 70 hours per week while […]
NICOLE QUINTANA-WINTER Partner Gaspard Castillo Winter Harper, APC What one officer learned: You never think it will happen to you. And then it does After a full evidentiary hearing before a neutral hearing officer, a Fontana officer was exonerated of dishonesty charges and ordered returned to work. His […]
PAUL GOYETTE AND HARRY STERN LDF Panel Attorneys Goyette & Associates, Inc., and Rains Lucia Stern, PC Nearly a decade after Fresno police officers arrested a combative domestic violence suspect, a federal jury has finally ended their prolonged odyssey through the criminal justice system by acquitting them of charges of […]
A Court of Appeal determined yesterday that the California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) does not require public access to communications among public officials using private cell phones or personal e-mail accounts. In the City of San Jose v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County (Smith, Real Party in Interest), […]