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 City of Indian Wells, throughout Riverside 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 CITY OF INDIAN WELLS IS PATROLLED BY THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California in the Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta, with an estimated population of 5,000. The city hosts the sixth-largest tennis tournament in the world, the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament, presently known as the BNP Paribas Open.
The demographics of Indian Wells are White alone 86.92%, Black or African American 0.78%, Native American or Alaska Native alone 0.21%, Asian 2.69%, Other race 0.46%, Mixed race or Multiracial 2.33%, and Hispanic or Latino 6.52%.
THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME A BRUTAL AND DISHONEST AGENCY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SHERIFF CHAD BIANCO.
Johnny “Chad” Bianco has been the elected Sheriff of Riverside County since January 7, 2019.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheriff Bianco stated that he would not enforce Coronavirus mandates and did not plan to get vaccinated. He tested positively for the virus in January 2021 with mild symptoms, after which he started quarantining at his home.
In April 2026, Bianco illegally ordered the seizure of ballots from California’s 2025 election, citing concerns about election integrity, a focus of his political campaign for Governor of California. A Riverside County judge and the California Supreme Court subsequently ordered the search warrants authorizing the seizure to be unsealed, and the California Supreme Court has agreed to hears arguments over Sheriff Bianco’s seizure of ballots. See, Political stunt or legal seizure? CA Supreme Court hears arguments in Bianco ballot case, The Sacramento Bee, August 25, 2026.
Moreover and more importantly, Sheriff Bianco has actually encouraged his deputy sheriffs to use excessive force as a first resort, and has actually implemented policies to make his deputy sheriff’s “Risk Managers”, whose duty it is to do whatever they have to do to protect Riverside County from Civil Liability for the constitutional violation perpetrated against civilians by them. See, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Standards Manual (DSM) Policy 301 Risk Management.
These measures to protect the County coffers from Civil Liability include procuring the bogus and malicious criminal prosecutions of their excessive force victims for various “resistance offenses”, such as 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).
These measures to protect the County coffers from Civil Liability also include hiding the agency’s Supervisor’s Use of Force Memorandum and the Use of Force Forms authored by the very deputy sheriffs who used the force on their civilian victim; forms that in many “resistance offense” criminal prosecutions are highly exculpatory.
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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