Knowing Your Rights Under the LRMDA and NLRA
Knowing Your Rights Under the LRMDA and NLRA Staying compliant with the complex and numerous federal statutory schemes that govern unions and their members is a daunting but important union duty. A union accused of discriminating against a union member, whether that be in an election or with regard to ...Read More
Not Following Orders? Could Result in Insubordination Allegation
Most people would agree that any form of law enforcement is considered a para-military organization. This is to include all aspects of custody and control wheather it be at the county jail or a state prison. Within such organizations the chain of command is the back bone of operations, with ...Read More
Know your Audience: a Key to Skelly Success
Recently Sgt. Butler* received word that his rank as a correctional sergeant was being taken away and he was to be demoted to a correctional officer position. As anyone who has attained a supervisory rank knows, getting your stripes is generally a product of years of hard work. Not only ...Read More
Allegation of Untruthfulness Leads to Termination
In this case, a city police officer was terminated for allegations of untruthfulness related to a use of force incident where he and fellow officers were required to use force to arrest a fleeing felon suspect. In the course of the altercation four different officers applied various levels of force ...Read More
POBR Vioalations
A woman filed a complaint against a sheriff’s deputy for various allegations of misconduct while off duty. The woman and the deputy are next door neighbors and have a fairly typical neighbor feud going between them. The woman filed the complaint with a sergeant who happened to be working as ...Read More
Your day in Court. Maybe.
Written by Joy C. Rosenquist, Esq. Jury trials are at the very foundation of American democracy. However, for every 100 cases that are filed in court, statistics say that only about 5 of them will ever make it to a jury trial. Why is this? There are a few ...Read More
Giving Voluntary Statements After An Officer Involved Shooting.
After an officer involved shooting there are generally two investigations which are conducted. An internal department or administrative investigation and an investigation conducted by the District Attorney Office or other outside agency to determine any criminal misconduct by the officers. Though officers cannot refuse to give a statement to their ...Read More