Jones & Mayer Does It Again
Peter Krause was a police officer employed by the City of Westminster. The City terminated Krause’s employment after finding that he had committed misconduct that violated multiple Westminster Police Department policies. Krause challenged the City’s termination decision via a Petition for Writ of Administrative Mandamus under Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5. After a bench […]
Paul Coble presents Public Records Request Act training in Modesto, CA
Peace Officer Standards and Training Course, Legal Updates presented by Paul Coble
Vol. 30 No. 24 AGENCY MAY DISCIPLINE OFFICER FOR MISCONDUCT EVEN WHEN OFFICER IS ON UNPAID “RELIEVED OF DUTY” STATUS
AGENCY MAY DISCIPLINE OFFICER FOR MISCONDUCT EVEN WHEN OFFICER IS ON UNPAID “RELIEVED OF DUTY” STATUS On September 29, 2015, the California Court of Appeal, 2d District held, in the case ofNegron v. Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission, that the LA County Sheriff could discharge a deputy sheriff for misconduct committed while the deputy […]
Vol. 30 No. 23 FORMER STATE JUDGE DENIED PENSION AFTER FELONY CONVICTION
On September 29, 2015, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, held in the case of Danser v. California Public Employee Retirement System et al., that former Superior Court Judge William Danser was not eligible to receive a pension as a result of his being convicted of a felony offense in the course and […]
Another Critical Win for Jones & Mayer
On Friday, September 25, 2015, Jones & Mayer was successful in having a very dangerous interim order, issued by a judge in the Stanislaus County superior court, vacated. The order required the Stanislaus County Sheriff to partially unshackle defendants, who are being held on the charge of murder, when they meet with their attorneys. The […]
Writ Victory
Jones & Mayer recently prevailed in San Bernardino County Superior Court on behalf of the City of Fontana in a Civil Code of Procedure §1094.5 petition for writ of mandate by a former police evidence technician appealing her termination for willfully poor duty performance. The evidence technician had a prior history of very good to […]
Vol. 30 No. 22 Agencies May Recover Certain Costs of Training if Officers Leave Employment Shortly After Graduating From the Academy
AGENCIES MAY RECOVER CERTAIN COSTS OF TRAINING IF OFFICERS LEAVE EMPLOYMENT SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE ACADEMY On August 31, 2015, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, certified for publication In Re: Acknowledgment Cases. The case involved a coordinated action involving 43 former officers of the LAPD who were successfully sued by the city […]
JONES & MAYER VICTORIES
Jones & Mayer was successful in defending significant challenges leveled against two very disparate clients. In the first case, Jacobs et al v. Regents of the University of California, we successfully defended against a petition for a writ of mandate. In the second case, People v. Carson et al, we were successful in deflecting an attempt to […]
Vol. 30 No. 21 Can Negative Comments In A Supervisor’s Daily Log Be Kept From The Employee?
On August 24, 2015, the California Supreme Court addressed the question, in Poole v. Orange County Fire Authority, “whether [Gov. Code] section 3255 gives an employee the right to review and respond to negative comments in a supervisor’s daily log, consisting of notes that memorialize the supervisor’s thoughts and observations concerning an employee, which the […]