Vol. 14 No. 13 Check Us Out!! Mayer & Coble Is On The WEB With Even More Information!
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 on our website our most recent Client Alerts and Case Updates. We have included all of the 1999 Client Alerts and the 1999 Case Updates and, as new issues are […]
Vol. 15 No. 3- Re: Further Amendments To Penal Code 832.5 – Removal of Certain Citizen Complaints
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 CERTAIN CITIZEN COMPLAINTS In 1997 we issued a Client Alert Memo regarding the then current amendments to Penal Code ‘832.5(c), which dealt with the removal, from an officer’s primary personnel […]
Vol. 15 No. 4- Re: Searches Based On Anonymous Tips
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 your attention to a recent decision of the United States Supreme Court which may impact the manner in which your agency responds to anonymous tips of criminal activity. In Florida […]
Vol. 15 No. 5- Re: Major Change Regarding FLSA and CTO
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 the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion in the case of Christensen v. Harris County, 2000 WL 504578 (Tex.), 2000 DAR 4497, substantially impacting the issue of […]
Vol. 16 No. 8- Counseling Memo Can Trigger Full Blown Hearing
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM September 20, 2001 To: All Police Chiefs and Sheriffs From: Martin J. Mayer COUNSELING MEMO CAN TRIGGER FULL BLOWN HEARING Recently the California Court of Appeal, Second District, ruled in the case of Otto v. Los Angeles Unified School District, 89 Cal.App. 4th 985, that a written memorandum which documents a counseling […]
Vol. 16 No. 4- Critical Incident Protocol
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 clients have forwarded copies of letters they received from a PORAC law firm in northern California. The thrust of the letter is that the firm has adopted what appears to […]
Vol. 16 No. 5- Use Force Of Warning
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 firm sent a memo, apparently to all chiefs and sheriffs in the state, regarding the holding in the case of Deorle v. Rutherford 242 F3d 1119 (3/16/01). The receipt of […]
Vol. 16 No. 1- Destruction of Internal Affairs Files
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 a policy requiring an unannounced, random and neutral basis canine search where students would be required to leave their belongings to be sniff-searched. If the canine alerts to the presence […]
Vol. 15 No. 10- Disclosure Of Complaints More Than Five Years Old May Be Required
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 BE REQUIRED In the case of City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Brandon), 2000 D.A.R. 11767 (2nd District, November 2, 2000), the Court of Appeal held that disclosure, pursuant […]
Vol. 15 No. 9- Re: Labor Code Section 96(K)
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 inform you that on October 10, 2000, the Office of the Attorney General issued an official opinion regarding the recent amendment to Labor Code Section 96 (A.G. Opinion No. 00-303). […]