Internal sheriff records obtained by Voice of OC are opening up a window into hundreds of sustained policy violations by Sheriff’s Department staff – ranging from excessive force to mishandling evidence, dishonesty and burglary.
Tag: Police misconduct
Posted inGovernment
Why Does the Sheriff Destroy Misconduct Files After 5 Years?
Thanks to a recent state law, the public now has a right to see investigation files about police officers who were found to have committed serious misconduct. But if you ask the OC Sheriff’s Department for anything older than a few years, you’re largely out of luck.
Posted inNEWS
Garden Grove Police Launch Probe into Officer Who Waved Baton Out Of Unmarked Car During Protest by Young Activists
The video has prompted an internal police department probe.
Posted inFullerton, Top Stories
OC Court to Decide if City of Fullerton Can Silence Local Blogger
Orange County Superior Court Judge James Crandall will decide if Fullerton’s lawsuit against resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson is an attempt to silence him for publishing secret city hall documents.
Posted inFullerton, Top Stories
Questions Mount Over Fullerton’s Changing Evidence in Lawsuit Against Local Blogger
Fullerton’s lawsuit against resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson for publishing and allegedly stealing secret city hall documents could be in jeopardy after an expert, testifying on Ferguson’s behalf, said the city misrepresented evidence to the court.
Posted inFullerton
Fullerton Resident Challenges Judge’s Decision to Block Publishing of Secret City Hall Documents
Joshua Ferguson, is fighting a judge’s decision to bar him and the blog, Friends for Fullerton’s Future, from publishing secret city hall documents.
Posted inFullerton
Fullerton City Officials Target Local Bloggers in Lawsuit, Want to Search Private Computers
Fullerton city attorneys are asking an OC Superior Court judge to keep local resident Joshua Ferguson, and the blog he writes for, from deleting confidential records and to appoint someone to look through electronics to find the records. Ferguson filed a public records lawsuit against the city last week.
Posted inFullerton
How Did a Former City Manager Get a Ride Home From Police After Drinking and Crashing Car?
Fullerton may have to produce records that could show why former City Manager Joe Felz didn’t get arrested for driving under the influence following his 2016 election night car crash after a lawsuit demanding those records, along with numerous others, was filed by local resident Joshua Ferguson.
