SB 1421 requires law enforcement agencies to publicly disclose personnel records for officers who are investigated for police shootings and use of force, and who were found to have committed sexual assault or lied during the course of an investigation.

For several years now, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been ramping up its efforts to recoup as much money as possible from organizations that have primary responsibility for payment of medical claims. This includes pursuing amounts expended for treatment by Medicare in relation to workers’ compensation claims.

EIA members with public safety officer departments should make sure that reasonable advance notice regarding the nature of allegations against an officer is being provided. Complying with this requirement will help ensure that disciplinary action against an officer does not get overturned because the entity has violated the procedural requirements of the POBRA.

The landscape for litigating employment cases brought under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) was recently altered by the California Supreme Court in Williams v. Chino Valley Independent Fire District (2015) 61 Cal.4th 97…

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