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 […]
Vol. 14 No. 2 California Rifle and Pistol Association v. City of West Hollywood; Fair Labor Standards Act; Internal Affairs Investigations
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 West Hollywood ********* Last week the California Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to a West Hollywood ordinance banning the sale of cheap handguns known as “Saturday Night Specials.” […]
Vol. 16 No. 10- Legal Protections Against False Citizen Complaints Declared Unconstitutional
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 a four-week period of time the California Court of Appeal issued opinions in two cases declaring that Civil Code section 47.5 and Penal Code section 148.6 were unconstitutional “content based” […]
Vol. 20 No. 1- Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Of 2004 – Where Are We?
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT OF 2004 – WHERE ARE WE? January 3, 2005 Since July 2004, when President George W. Bush signed HR 218 [Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (“Act”)], making it lawful for active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons in any of the fifty (50) states, questions […]