by Adam Baird | Mar 15, 2025 | Community Intervention - Lessons Learned, Government Employee Intervention - Lessons Learned
If an issue is keeping you awake at night, the solution lies in knowledge. Every problem—whether social, relational, legal, or administrative—follows a process. The first step is to identify the issue and determine whether you have the necessary knowledge, expertise,...
by Leslie Mariscal | Jun 22, 2021 | Government Employee Intervention - Lessons Learned
Some lawyers say the rule against recording may not apply if the officer felt threatened NEW YORK — When his lieutenant got physical in a work-related dispute, a young NYPD officer hit the record button on his body-worn camera — and broke new ground in how the cameras...
by Leslie Mariscal | Jun 22, 2021 | Government Employee Intervention - Lessons Learned
It has cost Santa Ana roughly $24 million out of the public purse to settle legal claims and lawsuits against the police department over the last decade, according to official data obtained by Voice of OC. The disclosure from City Hall comes as a more left-leaning...
by Leslie Mariscal | May 17, 2021 | Government Employee Intervention - Lessons Learned
Los Angeles officials approved a $700,000 payout to a veteran police lieutenant in September after city attorneys determined his supervisors — including Assistant Chief Horace Frank, one of the LAPD’s highest-ranking commanders — wrongly demoted him after he reported...
by Leslie Mariscal | Apr 26, 2021 | Government Employee Intervention - Lessons Learned
A jury has awarded three veteran Los Angeles police detectives $2.5 million in a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against their supervisors. The verdict, delivered Friday after only a few hours of deliberation, is the latest in a long string of costly...
by Leslie Mariscal | Apr 26, 2021 | Government Employee Intervention - Lessons Learned
A jury on Tuesday awarded $8.6 million to an LAPD bloodhound handler and his former colleague, who both said they suffered a backlash for coming forward to say that their unit chief sexually harassed a female member of their team and falsified overtime claims. The Los...
