Temecula Police Misconduct Attorney Posted by Jerry L. Steering, Esq. on March 30, 2017 Jerry L. Steering, Esq., is a Police Misconduct Attorney, who is a Specialist in Suing the Polce for Constitutional Violations such as False Arrest, the Use of Excessive Force, and Malicious Criminal Prosecutions. Mr. Steering has been suing the police since 1984. His law practice involves serving, among other places, the cities of Murietta and Temecula, the Riverside County cities shown below, and throughout the State of California. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is especially creepy in the Southwest Judicial District, that includes Riverside cities from Lake Elsinore to Temecula, and the rest of South County. The Internal Affairs Bureau of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is also a Division of that agency, devoted to protecting the Department and its deputies for liability for torts and crimes perpetrated against civilians. You’re not going to find misconduct if you’re not looking for it, and the last things that the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is interesting in finding, is justification (contrived or otherwise) for its officers’ actions. Most recently, Mr. Steering has obtained settlements against the County of Riverside for wrongfully tasing and falsely arresting a former Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Sheriff (Daniel Torres v. County of Riverside, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Riverside)(2010), $500,000.00), for using unreasonable force and falsely arresting a 64 year old man (Chynoweth v. County of Riverside et al., Riverside County Superior Court (2011), $750,000.00; a case of a false arrest and knee dropping at the Temecula Rod Run of 2011), and for using unreasonable force upon a bystander who witnessed the Sheriff’s Deputies beat-up an unconscious man who crashed his vehicle in front of the plaintiff’s home during a vehicle pursuit. See, Danny Eatherton v. County of Riverside. Mr. Steering also obtained an $825,000.00 settlement at completion of trial from the Riverside County City of Desert Hot Springs, for unreasonable force and false arrest [Moore, et al. v. City of Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County Superior Court (2012) (Sgt. Anthony Sclafani, now a guest of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, was the main defendant.) POLICE MISCONDUCT ATTORNEY; POLICE BRUTALITY CASES. Jerry L. Steering has successfully sued the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department over the years. They routinely violate the constitutional rights of the locals and visitors alike, and usually get the “prosecutorial support” of an equally creepy District Attorney’s Office, that is more than happy to “persecute” those violated by the Sheriff’s Department; not because they believe that the civilian committed a crime, but only to protect the reputation, and potential civil liability of the Deputy Sheriffs committing the Constitutional violations. In Riverside County, the District Attorney’s Office routinely prosecutes the victims of Police Brutality and False Arrest, to protect the Sheriff’s Department from its victims. This is no joke. Moreover, the Judges in the Murrieta Courthouse where Temecula cases are heard, bend over backwards to help the District Attorney’s Office convict the innocent victims of police violence. Most recently, Mr. Steering has obtained settlements against the County of Riverside for wrongfully tasing a former Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Sheriff [Torres v. County of Riverside, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Riverside)(2010), $500,000.00], and for using unreasonable force and falsely arresting a 64 year old man [Chynoweth v. County of Riverside et al., Riverside County Superior Court (2011), $750,000.00.] In 2001 in Gardner v. AMR, U.S. Dist. Court (Los Angeles) Mr. Steering obtained a $650,000.00 settlement of wrongful death, for failure to provide ambulance service. Although AMR is a private ambulance service Mr. Steering successfully argued that AMR was acting under the color of state law as they were the only ambulance service allowed to service the Hemet are of Riverside County. In Risk v. Cathedral City, U.S. District Court (Riverside)(2006) Mr. Steering obtained a $125,000.00 settlement for false arrest / excessive force. In Torres v. County of Riverside, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Riverside)(2010), Mr. Steering obtained a $500,000.00 settlement for unreasonable force (i.e. taser). In 2016 in the case of Licitra v. County of Riverside (U.S. District Court – Riverside) Mr. Steering obtained a $300,000.00 settlement for false arrest / unreasonable force. In Chynoweth v. County of Riverside, Riverside County Superior Court (2011), Mr. Steering obtained a $750,000.00 settlement for unreasonable force. In 2012 Mr. Steering also obtained an $825,000.00 from the Riverside County City of Desert Hot Springs, for unreasonable force and false arrest (Moore, et al. v. City of Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County Superior Court; Mr. Steering also obtained $400,000.00 from Riverside County for the arrest of a San Jacinto High School student by a School Resourse Officer. See, Ex-high school student gets $400,000 from Riverside County (steeringlaw.com). Mr. Steering also obtained $475,000.00 from the County of Riverside for the arrest of a man witnessing Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriffs beat a man who crashed his vehicle pursuant to a vehicle pursuit. See, Danny Eatherton v. County of Riverside. If you have been the Victim of Police Misconduct or other Civil Rights violations, please call or email Mr. Steering and he will respond to your inquiry. Thank you, and best of luck, whatever your needs. Law Offices of Jerry L. Steering Jerry L. Steering, Esq. Free Case Evaluation Save
