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CLIENT ALERT January 8, 1999 By: Paul R. Coble Legislative Bills Amending Government Code §3304 and Penal Code §12050 Two bills of importance to California
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM January 15, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer 1. California Rifle and Pistol Association v. City of
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM May 11, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer THE IMPACT OF “BRADY” ON POLICE PERSONNEL RECORDS Brady
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CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM July 7, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer “MAJOR CHANGE IN ADA” During the past year there
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM July 10, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Paul R. Coble PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSE NEEDED FOR I/A We recently encountered
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM July 12, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer and Paul R. Coble “TO RIDE OR NOT TO
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM July 20, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer MAJOR U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION REGARDING BRADY V. MARYLAND
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM July 23, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Paul R. Coble SAMPLE POLICY ON EMAIL AND INTERNET ACCESS With increasing
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM August 1, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Coble MAJOR U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION REGARDING BRADY
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM August 26, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer GRAND JURY CHARGES CHIEF – CHIEF CHARGES BACK The
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM October 18, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CURRENT STATUS OF MEGAN’S LAW Attached please find an
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM October 28, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, City Attorneys and County Counsels From: Martin J. Mayer We have just finalized including
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM November 17, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Paul R. Coble NINTH CIRCUIT PROHIBITION OF INTERROGATIONS “OUTSIDE” MIRANDA On November
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM November 24, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer “Brady v. Maryland” — Attorney General’s Memo of November
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 3, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Paul R. Coble Follow-Up to Vol. Fourteen No. Fourteen Client Alert dated
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 7, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Paul R. Coble Administrative Hearings & Creating the Record You have an
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 17, 1999 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer and J. Scott Tiedemann URGENT !!! Re: LABOR CODE
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM January 24, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: J. Scott Tiedemann PITCHESS MOTIONS We write to draw your attention to
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM February 2, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer Re: LABOR CODE SECTION 96 – UPDATE As many
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM March 15, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Paul R. Coble FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO PENAL CODE ‘832.5 – REMOVAL OF
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM April 14, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: J. Scott Tiedemann SEARCHES BASED ON ANONYMOUS TIPS We write to draw
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM May 9, 2000To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer MAJOR CHANGE REGARDING FLSA and CTO On May 1, 2000
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM June 30, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer QUESTIONING “OUTSIDE” MIRANDA On November 17, 1999, this office
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM August 3, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer PENAL CODE SECTION 135.5 In late 1998 the legislature
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM October 18, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer and Cynthia W. Blaylock PUBLIC RECORDS ACT DEMAND REGARDING
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM October 25, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer Re: LABOR CODE SECTION 96(k) We are pleased to
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM November 15, 2000 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Paul R. Coble DISCLOSURE OF COMPLAINTS MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OLD MAY
February 7, 2001 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION: 99-1103 On November 17, 2001, the Attorney General issued an opinion regarding whether a public high school can implement
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM May 15, 2001 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer USE OF FORCE WARNING Recently a Los Angels law
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM May 15, 2001 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CRITICAL INCIDENT PROTOCOL Recently quite a few of our
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CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM November 14, 2001 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer BRADY RIFT BETWEEN PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIESTHE CONFLICT
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 3, 2001 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer LEGAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST FALSE CITIZEN COMPLAINTS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL Within
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 28, 2001 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer PEOPLE v. MOOC The California Supreme Court gave
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM March 25, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer Brady v. Maryland Approximately two weeks ago, we sent
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM April 2, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CONFIDENTIALITY OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION The California Supreme Court,
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM April 29, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CPCA VOICE HEARD BYCALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT We are most
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM July 22, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer MEDICAL MARIJUANA ARRESTS Last Thursday, July 18,2002, the
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM August 27, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CITY OF LOS ANGELES V. SUPERIOR COURT (BRANDON)
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 9, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer SUPREME COURT RULES P.C. 148.6 CONSTITUTIONAL On Thursday, December
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 16, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR’S AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND/OR RUN
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM December 23, 2002 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer IN RE ROSENKRANTZ The California Supreme Court recently ruled
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM January 3, 2003 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CITIZENS ARRESTS AND P.C. 142 Recently I was
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM January 31, 2003 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CITIZENS ARREST SAMPLE POLICY In our previous Client Alert
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM February 5, 2003 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer DISABLED PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS TO RECEIVE BENEFITS IN
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM March 10, 2003 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Dean J. Pucci THE DUTY TO TRAIN OFFICERS
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM March 24, 2003To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Dean J. Pucci PAROLEE SEARCHES AND THE 4TH
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM March 25, 2003 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Dean J. Pucci PAROLEE SEARCHES AND THE
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM April 24, 2003 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Dean J. Pucci SENATE BILL 402: BINDING
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM April 29, 2003 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Dean J. Pucci TETER V. CITY OF
To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Dean J. Pucci AB 960 “PEER SUPPORT COUNSELOR PRIVILEGE” May 21, 2003 As a
To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer & Paul R. Coble INYO COUNTY V. PAIUTE SHOSHONE INDIANS – 2003 DAR 5282 May
To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer CIVIL CODE SECTION 47.5 IS ALIVE July 9, 2003 Two years ago, the California Court