LEGAL DEFENSE FUND OF THE PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT This is a summary of the annual report for the Legal Defense Fund of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, (Employer ID No. 23-7077256, Plan No. 501) for the year ended December 31, 2021. The […]
DAVID E. MASTAGNI Partner Attorney Mastagni Holstedt, APC This article is intended to address an important question about PORAC Legal Defense Fund (LDF) coverage that many officers who perform off-duty law enforcement services ask. Before you accept off-duty employment performing law enforcement services for a secondary employer, you need to […]
MATTHEW W. CAMPHUIS Associate Attorney Castillo Harper, APC There are three things everyone should do right away if they haven’t already (especially if you are in law enforcement): (1) record a Declaration of Homestead in the same county as your home, (2) make a trust and a will, and (3) […]
ALISON BERRY WILKINSON Principal Attorney Berry Wilkinson Law Group (Of Counsel, Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP) A trainer asked me the other day, “If you could only give one piece of advice to cops on the street today, what would it be?” My response: “Stay calm, and mind your manners.” […]
ZACHERY LOPES Partner Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC On July 19, 2022, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit published its opinion in Lemos v. County of Sonoma,1 circumscribing the practical reach of what is known as the Heck doctrine2 in federal civil rights cases. Generally, […]