The Police Chief, Published by IACP- Utilizing the Department’s Legal Counsel at Major Incidents
Vol. LXV, Number 5
Vol. 14 No. 1- Legislative Bills Amending Government Code §3304 and Penal Code §12050
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 law enforcement executives were signed into law recently by Governor Pete Wilson. Both A.B. 1436, amending the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights, and S.B. 146, amending Penal Code […]
Vol. 14 No. 10- Client Alert Memorandum of July 20,1999 Major U.S. Supreme Court Decision Regarding Brady v. Maryland
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 V. MARYLAND CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM OF JULY 20, 1999 It has come to our attention that in the above Client Alert Memorandum we did not include the citation of the […]
Vol. 14 No. 9- Sample Policy On Email and Internet Access
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 use of both intra- and inter-office email, as well as access of the Internet, we have received a number of inquiries from clients and colleagues concerning development of a sample […]
Vol. 14 No. 8- Major U.S. Supreme Court Decision Regarding Brady v. Maryland
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 On June 17, 1999, the United States Supreme Court issued a major decision regarding the prosecutor’s obligation pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). The Court reinforced the […]
Vol. 14 No. 7 – To Ride Or Not To Ride
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 RIDE” John Jones is the Chief of Police of an agency with approximately 75 sworn personnel. He has served as either the Chief of Police or Captain (Second in Command) […]
Vol. 14 No. 6- Private Investigator License Needed For I/A
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 the issues of whether an outside consultant retained to conduct an internal affairs investigation must have a private investigator license issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs. In the matter […]
Vol. 14 No. 5 – Major Change In ADA
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 have been a number of significant decisions impacting upon the application of provisions contained in the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) . The most significant decisions, however, were handed down […]
Vol. 14 No. 4- Re: Federal Gun Ban/ Domestic Violence
CLIENT ALERT MEMORANDUM June 8, 1999 COMING SOON!
Vol. 14 No. 3 Brady v. Maryland The Impact of “Brady” On Police Personnel Records
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 v. Maryland, (1963) 373 U.S. 83 Recently, my colleague Bruce Praet sent a memo to every police chief and sheriff in the state of California regarding the captioned matter. As […]