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. Since its incorporation in 1959, the City of Del Mar has contracted for law enforcement services from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, including routine patrols of Del Mar’s streets, as well emergency response, crime prevention, and a wide array of other law enforcement services in Del Mar. Del Mar is served by the Sheriff’s North Coastal Station in Encinitas, that also patrols North San Diego County cities including the cities of Solana Beach, Encinitas and the unincorporated communities of Rancho Santa Fe, Del Dios, Camp Pendleton and San Onofre. THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS A BRUTAL AND DISHONEST POLICE AGENCY. When the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department beats and falsely arrests their victims, they routinely procure the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to beat them down with the criminal justice system into pleading guilty to various “resistance offenses”, to shield the violating Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriffs. In years gone by, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department used to prosecute their beating victims for misdemeanor offense of resisting / delaying / obstructing a peace officer that is engaged in the lawful performance of their duties; Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1). Violating police officers used that statute to arrest persons for anything from verbal protests or even questioning police orders, to stiffiing up their arms when abruptly grabbed by the police without warning; a normal reaction to being grabbed without warning. Moreover Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) is so vague and ambiguous, the police can at least claim that they acting in good-faith when they arrested the police for that statute. However, Section 148(a)(1) is only a misdemeanor, and, therefore, when the police arrest a civilian for violation of Section 148(a)(1) they must release them from custody on a Citation / Notice to Appear in Court under Cal. Penal Code § 853.6(i), making it more difficult to coerce the innocent victims of police beatings and false arrest into pleading guilty to that crime. Many persons falsely arrested cannot post bail, and will plead to resistance offenses such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) just to get out of jail. In modern times, the police will now instead their arrest innocent beating victims for violation Cal. Penal Code § 69; resisting peace officer with threat or use of force or violence. They now use Section 69 because it’s a wobbler offense, which means it can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony; by the police and by the District Attorney’s Office. That way, the police can keep their beating victims confined in jail unless they are able to post bail, and many of them will not be able to do so. When those innocent Section 69 arrestees plead guilty to get out of jail, they will be collaterally estopped from being able to sue the police for their beatings. This how things happen in the real world of policing in North San Diego County. IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU. “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”. Mr. Steering has had great success in suing the police in San Diego County. See, Mr. Steering’s San Diego County page for those numerous San Diego County victories in Police Misconduct Civil Rights cases, 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. Free Case Evaluation
