On January 31, 2025, the Public
Employment Relations Board (“PERB”) issued a decision upholding the dismissal
of the California State University Employees Union’s (“CSUEU”) unfair practice
charge filed against the Trustees of the California State University –
Stanislaus (“CSU”) seeking the disclosure of peace officer personnel records
outside of the Pitchess process. On behalf of
On February 18, 2025, the Peace Officers’ Research Association of California, the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, the California State Sheriffs’ Association and the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPPC) filed an amicus brief in support of a Petition for Certiorari to review the constitutionality of New York’s new concealed carry law, which severely restricts the
Because of a new ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, some firefighters and other first responders are finding themselves left without police backup as more and more departments are saying that they will no longer dispatch officers to certain 911 calls. The Sacramento County Sheriff announced Tuesday his deputies will no longer respond
In September of
2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a public employee’s private
text messages were not protected under the First Amendment. A former California
Chief of Police appealed after the district court dismissed her First Amendment retaliation and derivative
conspiracy claims. Prior to becoming the Police Chief, , she engaged
On January 15, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, No. 23-217, 2025 WL 96207 (U.S. Jan. 15, 2025) holing the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) exemptions do not call for heightened evidence standards.Plaintiffs, sales representatives for a distributor of international food products, brought an FLSA action for
On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) which repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). In so doing, the Bill restores long-denied Social Security benefits to millions of firefighters, peace officers, and public employees across the nation. For over 40 years the
The Supreme Court recently granted
review in Barnes v. Felix, 91 F.4th 393, 394 (5th Cir. 2024), cert.
granted, No. 23-1239, 2024 WL 4394125 (U.S. Oct. 4, 2024), a case which is
likely to clarify the amount of weight given to the pre-shooting conduct of the
officer and the suspect, as well as
On November 5, 2024, the voters in Stockton enacted the first interest arbitration ballot initiative since 2008 in passing Measure N by 65.57%. Measure N amended the City Charter to establish interest arbitration as the procedure to resolve impasses in contract negotiations with the Stockton Police Officers and Firefighters.The impasse arbitration process is balanced and
On November 12, 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 82, the “Social Security Fairness Act of 2023” by overwhelming bipartisan margins. This bill has been top priority for public safety labor nationwide, including the IAFF and PORAC, because it eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO),
On September 13, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of California ruled in Ramirez v. City of Indio, finding that the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between the City of Indio and the Indio Police Officers’ Association (“POA”) did not constrain the City Manager’s authority to revoke an arbitrator’s advisory findings
