Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 for police brutality, false arrests, malicious criminal prosecutions, wrongful deaths and First Amendment retaliation cases. Mr. Steering in an Expert and Specialist in suing the police in federal court for constitutional violations in the La Presa neighborhood of San Diego County, and throughout the State of California. Mr. Steering has also sued the government as far away as in federal courts in Alabama and in the District of Columbia.
“THE YOUNG LAWYER KNOWS THE LAW, BUT THE OLD LAWYER KNOWS THE JUDGE”.
Mr. Steering’s many years of experience and acquired knowledge can help you maximize your chances of actually winning your Police Misconduct Civil Rights case, and winning is the only thing that matters. If you cannot win your Civil Rights Police Misconduct Lawsuit then you have no rights, because you have no way to enforce them, and a right without a remedy in the real world does not exist.
THE POLICE IN LA PRESA ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST.
La Presa (Spanish for “The Dam”) is a census-designated place in the East County region of San Diego County, California, United States. The population of La Presa is approximately 35,000.
The demographics of La Presa are 50% Hispanic, 23% White, 11% Black, 0% Native American, 9% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander and Other 7%.
There is substantial criminal street gang activity in the East San Diego County, La Presa-Spring Valley area. See, The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in La Presa, CA, CrimeGrade.org; La Presa, CA Crime, Best Places; Gang Member Arrested For Deadly Spring Valley Shooting, East County Magazine, August 2023. See also, Massive Strike Against Violent Street Gangs in San Diego County Results in Federal Charges Against 140-plus Gang Members and Associates in Less Than Three Months, U.S. Department of Justice; The Dangerous Gangs of San Diego – Crips & Bloods in California’s Southeast Neighborhoods, AllScoopsMedia; Gangs – San Diego County District Attorney – Annual Report, Gangs – San Diego County District Attorney, 2025.
La Presa also is the scene of many acts of police violence upon civilians. See, Officer-involved shooting in La Presa prompts heavy police presence, CBS 8 San Diego; Deputy involved in shooting in La Presa, San Diego Union-Tribune, November 15, 2024; San Diego police involved in shooting near the community of La Presa, FOX5 San Diego; Officer Involved Shootings, San Diego County District Attorney, 2025; 1 Hospitalized in La Presa Shooting, 7NBC San Diego.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office has a long and well-deserved reputation for brutality, corruption and institutional dishonesty. See, Federal Jury Convicts San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy of Using Excessive Force, Violating Inmate’s Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, December 12, 2025; San Diego County to pay $1.35M over 2018 in-custody death, KSBY6; San Diego settles in-custody death case for $12M after judge threw out previous award ($85M in damages was thrown out after a judge said the jury may have been influenced by outside factors such as sympathy for Lucky Phounsy’s family or anger at the sheriff’s department) Police One, January 23, 2023; Family of man who died in San Diego jail reaches $16M settlement with county, October 29, 2025; A Lakeside man was shot 16 times by sheriff’s deputies. Now he’s suing San Diego County, City News Service,
Most of the time when San Diego County Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriffs abuse civilians is in the context of “Contempt of Cop” situations. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.
In those Contempt of Cop situations, basically law-abiding civilians who exercise their federal constitutional right to verbally protest and verbally challenge police actions and orders, are beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for some fabricated “resistance offense”, such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing officer), Cal. Penal Code § 240/241 (assault on officer), Cal. Penal Code § 242 / 243(b) & (c) (battery on officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon).
IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE YOUR RIGHTS BY WINNING YOUR CASE.
The only thing that matters when enforcing your rights, is whether you win your case. If you don’t win your case, then you have no rights because you have no way to enforce them.
Just because the police violated your constitutional rights doesn’t mean that you can do anything about it. In order to “do something about it”, to enforce your constitutional rights, it takes a great deal of experience, insights, skill and savvy. You need a unanimous jury of usually 8 jurors to vote in your favor in federal court to win your case. If you mouth-off to the cops or don’t do what the police tell you to do or cuss out the cops, or act like a jerk, one or more of the jurors in your case may not vote for you. That is the reality in which we all live.
Mr. Steering’s many years of experience and knowledge in suing the police can help you maximize your chances of winning your Police Misconduct Civil Rights case, and winning is the only thing that matters.
Jerry L. Steering has been suing police agencies for constitutional violations since 1984. He has the experience, insights, skill and savvy to actually win your police misconduct civil rights case, and winning is the only thing that matters. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”.
If you are the victim of police misconduct, Jerry L. Steering can help you. Call Jerry L. Steering, Esq. at (949) 474-1849, or email Mr. Steering at jerry@steeringlaw.com .
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