Vol. 28 No. 28 – Negligent Supervisions, Chief Executives, and Personal Liability
NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION, CHIEF EXECUTIVES, AND PERSONAL LIABILITY On November 20, 2013 it was reported that Los Angeles County settled a negligent supervision lawsuit, brought by a former county jail inmate, in the amount of $722,000. The inmate, Dion Starr, alleged that Sheriff Leroy Baca showed “deliberate indifference” to dangerous conditions in the county jail, resulting […]
Vol. 28 No. 27 – Police “Whistleblowers” and the First Amendment
The following article is in the current edition of the International Association of Chiefs’ of Police (IACP) magazine and addresses the issue of “whistle blowing” by law enforcement officers and when, and what, protections apply under the First Amendment. The case arose out of an incident with the Burbank Police Department and resulted in an […]