Published Articles

February 14, 2012 - CSSA Magazine Article - Recent Cases Impose New Burdens on Law Enforcement

November 22, 2011 - CSSA Magazine Article - Determining If An Employee Is Fit Or Not Fit For Duty -- What Are The Issues?

October 23, 2011 - Officers' Personal Cell Phones - Subject to Discovery?

September 02, 2011 - CSSA Magazine Article - Attitude Change Towards Medical Marijuana?

October, 2008 - California Sheriff- Employee Computers, E-mails, Text Messages B A Matter of Privacy

Summer, 2008 - California Peace Officer- Drug Testing of All Applicants for Municipal Employment is Unconstitutional

August, 2008 - CPOA Magazine Article- Possession of Handguns - New Case Decisions

July 2008 - CSSA Magazine Article- Union Activity First Amendment Rights

February 2008 - CSSA Magazine Article- The Use of Medical Marijuana and One's Job

October 2007 - California Sheriff- A Potential Avalanche of Released Felons

July 2007 - CSSA Magazine Article- Officer's Use of Force

April, 2007 - California Sheriff- Multiple Case Decisions Impact Peace Officer's Bill of Rights

October, 2006 - California Sheriff- Public Employees, Politics and the First Amendment

January, 2006 - CSSA Magazine Article- FLSA - Who is Exempt?

Winter, 2010 - California Peace Officer- The Dishonest Officer: Still Being Debated

June, 2010 - California Sheriff- Major Modifications to Miranda

April, 2010 - California Sheriff- The Sheriff, the Board & the Budget

September, 2009 - The Police Chief- ADA and the Hiring Process

Winter, 2009 - The Operator, Published by the Ohio Tactical Officers' Association- The Duty to Train Officers

April, 2009 - California Sheriff- Religious Activities in the Workplace

1995 - Journal of California Law Enforcement- Fair Labor Standards Act & Police Personnel Administration

April, 1997 - The Police Chief, Published by IACP- The ADA: Psych Evaluation; Background Investigation

1994 - California Peace Officer- Conditional Offer of Employment; Grievance Procedure

1993 - California Peace Officer- ADA: Some Questions & Answers

1992 - Journal of California Law Enforcement- Americans With Disabilities Act: Some Do's and Dont's

1990 - Journal of California Law Enforcement- Penal Code Section 618--A Reason for Concern?

1990 - Journal of California Law Enforcement- To Provide or Not to Provide: No Longer a Question for Internal Affairs Investigations

December, 1989 - California Peace Officer- The Special Relationship Syndrome

January, 2000 - Journal of California Law Enforcement- Officer Involved Shootings: A Procedural and Legal Analysis

May, 1998 - The Police Chief, Published by IACP- Utilizing the Department's Legal Counsel at Major Incidents

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