JLS in Courtroom cropped 2Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has been suing the police since 1984 for police brutality, false arrests, malicious criminal prosecutions and First Amendment retaliation cases. Mr. Steering in an Expert and Specialist in suing the police in federal court for constitutional violations in the Bloomington, California area of San Bernardino County, and throughout the State of California. Mr. Steering has also sued the government as far away as in federal court in Alabama and in the District of Columbia.

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. A right without a real-world remedy (i.e. winning your case) is no right at all; at least for you.

It doesn’t matter what the law states, or what the Judge says, or what the jury instructions say, or even what the evidence shows, if a jury of 8 cop-loving jurors is not going to unanimously vote for you in your federal court Police Misconduct Civil Rights case.

As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge” and Mr. Steering’s understanding the technical and practical legal landscape of Police Misconduct Civil Rights cases will dramatically increase your chances of winning your case; of actually enforcing your constitutional rights.

THE POLICE IN BLOOMINGTON ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST.

Bloomington is an urban unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California. Bloomington has an estimate population of 25,000. Bloomington is patrolled by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department that deploys out of the Fontana Station, located at 17780 Arrow Boulevard, Fontana, California.

gang diablosBloomington has had its problems with criminal street gangs for many years now. See, Authorities arrest 18 suspects during search warrants at various locations, including one in Bloomington, Fontana Herald News, February 13, 2024; Three palms Gang graffiti in Bloomington, California, Flickr, May 15, 2025; Evaluation of the Bloomington-Normal Comprehensive Gang Program, U.S. Department of Justice; Bloomington Ca Gangs, TikTok; Westside Bloomas Numeber St. Locos (street gang in Bloomington); 4 suspects with alleged gang ties arrested in violent Southern California home invasion robbery; KTLA 5 News, June 12, 2024; How bad Is Bloomington, CA as far as crime?, City-data.com; Varrio WEST SIDE BLOOMAS 13 (West Side Bloomas 13 is a Mexican American varrio from the town Bloomington CA); California Varrios; Authorities arrest 13 persons at various locations, including one in Bloomington, during week-long period, Fontana Herald News, January 23, 2023; Bang Bloomington*Tips Bloomington- Deepend, Front Mob Entertainment.

Due to having to deal with these Bloomington street gangs, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has created various specialty teams of deputies to deal with those street gangsters, including the Sheriff’s Department’s “SMASH” team and its “SET” team. These teams are specialized teams of deputies to deal with, among other things, criminal street gangs in gang infested San Bernardino County cities such as Bloomington.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department SWAT 6Some of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies who deal with Bloomington criminal street gangs on a daily basis become “jaded“; so “jaded” that they tend to treat everyone who they come into contact with in public is a “criminal” who deserves to be treated like one. This is not so for most deputies, but there are enough of their numbers to cause a real threat to the public. See, Why The Police Are Not Our Friends Anymore, steeringlaw.

When these “jaded” deputy sheriffs order basically good citizen law-abiding motorists to exit their vehicles for minor traffic violations, and then search the motorists and their vehicles, there is a natural tendency for the good citizen law-abiding motorists to verbally protest or verbally challenge such police orders and actions. When that happens, these good citizen law-abiding motorists (or others stopped by the deputies and mistreated) are now deemed to be in “Contempt of Cop“. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department Routinely Arrests Innocents in their Drunk in Public SweepsSome Bloomington deputies have frail egos, and when the good citizen law-abiding motorists is now seen by them as being in “Contempt of Cop“, they will often be beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for some imaginary 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). This is not lefty propaganda; this is reality.

IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE YOUR RIGHTS BY WINNING YOUR CASE.

Screen Capture from LA ABC 7 Interview of JLS on Jovan Jimenez caseThe 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.

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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