Can a public safety officer's investigation by his commanding officer or other member of the employing public safety department that could lead to punitive action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ochoa v. Cnty. of Kern, 22 Cal.App.5th 235, 231 Cal.Rptr.3d 274 (Cal. App. 2018):
only apply to investigations "by [the public safety officer's] commanding officer, or any other member of the employing public safety department, that could lead to punitive action ...." ( 3303, italics added; accord, Paterson v. City of Los Angeles (2009) 174 Cal.App.4th 1393, 1400, 95 Cal.Rptr.3d 333.)
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