Litigation & Arbitration
Nov. 14, 2023
Study: California pays $23M a year for police misconduct claims
Gregory M. Fox, who has defended local governments in police misconduct cases, said he worries that if they don't get on top of their costs for such payouts, they could face an insurance crisis.
State and local governments in California have paid out $332 million in police misconduct cases since 2009, according to a report released by the Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute.
Attorneys on both sides of these lawsuits say this is almost certainly a vast underestimate of the total payouts, though they add that several factors make it very difficult to calculate a more comprehensive total. They also point to signs of impro...