Posted by TERRY BOWMAN Most exceptions to the warrant requirement are ingrained into every peace officer’s brain. For example, you understand and recognize that no warrant is required when there is consent, when items are in plain view or when there are exigent circumstances. Additionally, the crime of homicide will […]
Posted by KATHLEEN N. MASTAGNI STORM, ESQ. After grueling and contentious negotiations, on December 9, 2010, the Placer County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association (PCDSA) and the County of Placer settled an unfair labor practice charge arising from the County’s failure to meet and confer in good faith during negotiations for a […]
Posted by Peter Horton, ESQ. I met Officer Francisco (Paco) Avila in April 2010 regarding a routine administrative investigation alleging that Avila had made a clerical error on a subpoena he issued to a juvenile by writing the victim’s information on the citation issued to the suspect. Avila admitted to […]
Posted by Steven W. Welty In this case, the Department originally proposed a 20-day suspension without pay for excessive force. The discipline was reduced to five days based on arguments presented at Teague’s Skelly hearing, but any discipline was unacceptable. Some may consider disciplinary cases involving only a five-day suspension without pay […]
Posted by Elizabeth A. Barker Officers Jack Paholski and Brandon Reed are police officers at the Huntington Beach Police Department with 20-plus years of experience each. On June 2, 2006, they were helicopter pilots in the Huntington Beach Aero Bureau. Both were commercial pilots and flight instructors with significant pilot […]