Government,
Criminal,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 25, 2019
The thin blue line
Once confidential records of officer involved shootings, uses of force that result in great bodily injury, dishonesty and sexual assault are now open for public inspection as a result of Senate Bill 1421, which took effect Jan. 1, 2019.
J. Scott Tiedemann
Co-Managing Partner
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Phone: (310) 981-2000
Email: stiedemann@lcwlegal.com
J. Scott Tiedemann is the Firm Co-Managing Partner of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, California's largest education, public sector and non-profit labor and employment law firm. He leads the workplace investigations team, advising private businesses on employment-related investigations, and advises public safety agencies across California on a myriad of labor and employment issues.
Sarah Lustig
Associate
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Email: slustig@lcwlegal.com
Sarah advises and represents clients in all matters pertaining to labor and employment law, including discrimination, harassment, leaves of absence, privacy, workplace violence, wage and hour issues, labor and management relations, the Public Safety Officers and Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights, discipline and termination.
Once confidential records of officer involved shootings, uses of force that result in great bodily injury, dishonesty and sexual assault are now open for public inspection as a result of Senate Bill 1421, which took effect Jan. 1, 2019. Although it's hard to dispute the law's premise -- increased transparency and public accountability -- the rollout has proved a bit more problematic.
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