Posted by Lance Davis, Esq. University of California, San Francisco, Police Officer Lance Martin recently was awarded back pay in binding arbitration after successfully grieving a 20-hour suspension for using his patrol car’s lights and sirens and being involved in a vehicle accident. Arbitrator Luella Nelson’s award included rescinding the […]
Posted by Todd Simonson Arbitrator Barbara Kong-Brown recently reinstated Richmond Police Officer Jeff Tyner to work nearly two years after he was unjustly terminated for a traffic accident. Thanks to former Acting Richmond Police Chief Charles Bennett, Jeff was forced to fight for his job back. Thanks to support from […]
Posted by Michael Schwartz For Vince Thomas, the four-year nightmare is over. From the beginning he had proclaimed his innocence. From the first accusation he denied any misconduct. The internal affairs sergeant didn’t think the case was provable. His administration was supportive, but tentative. Yet after two trials resulting in […]
Posted by Ken Yuwiler Deputy Pablo Lazaro is a sworn member of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department deployed at the Todd Road Jail. He received a 48-hour suspension as a result of separate interactions with two inmates. The department claimed that Lazaro used excessive force in those interactions. After a […]
Posted by Harry S. Stern After a week-long trial that included testimony from a self-proclaimed “lover-not-a-fighter,” a shackled and sedated “victim,” and an expert on police use of force who had never been a police officer, as well as the tragic death of the presiding judge, a Redding jury took […]