Police 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 City of Moorpark, throughout Ventura 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. 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. A right without a real-world remedy (i.e. winning your case) is no right at all; at least for you. 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 MOORPARK ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. The City of Moorpark, California has an estimated population of 36,000 residents. The demographics for the City of Moorpark, California are 51% White, 34% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% two or more races, 5% African American and 3% other races. The City of Moorpark contracts with the Ventura County Sheriffs Office for its police services, who deploy of the Moorpark Sheriff’s Station located at 610 Spring Road, Moorpark, California. Moorpark also has its share of criminal street gangs, including the Moorpark street gang “MPLS,” the Varrio Simi Valley gang (“VSV”), the Morfas (Moorpark 13) gang, the Moorpark Locos, See, 14 Gang Members Arrested in Bust Targeting Prison-Based Drug Ring Operating in Moorpark Area (Moorpark police arrested 14 gang members and seized a large cache of drugs, guns and cash), KTLA 5 News, Dec 10, 2018; Judge sentences Mexican Mafia enforcer to 27 years hard time (Moorpark gang member known to law enforcement as a top enforcer for the Mexican Mafia in Ventura County was sentenced to 27 years in prison), Thousand Oaks Acorn, May 28, 2015 ( Alleged gang member arrested in Moorpark in connection with threats (An alleged gang member from Thousand Oaks was arrested Tuesday in Moorpark on suspicion of felony threatening of two people), Ventura County Star, March 14, 2018; Six teens among those arrested for Southern California gang graffiti war, KTLA 5 News, April 4, 2025; Moorpark – Gang Member Arrested For Narcotics Distribution, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (Ventura County Sheriff’s – Moorpark Investigations Bureau arrested Carlos Rodriguez, as part of an ongoing investigation involving a large scale narcotics distribution network.), December 20th, 2018. Because of their having to deal with dangerous criminal street gang members on a daily basis, some Ventura County Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriff have taken on a gangster like mentality, their motto being “We’re the baddest gang in town”. When that mentality infects a law enforcement agency like the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office very often deputy sheriffs with that agency will treat innocent law-abiding citizens like criminal street gang members. Accordingly, when innocent law-abiding citizens get treated like criminal street gang members say during a routine traffic stop for a de minimis traffic violation (i.e. ordered out of car at gunpoint, vehicle illegally searched, motorist ordered to prone-out on street or sit on curb, handcuffing motorist) that often verbally protest or verbally challenge those police orders or actions. When that happens, the basically law-abiding motorist is now deemed to be in “Contempt of Cop”. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw. When basically law-abiding motorist is now deemed to be in “Contempt of Cop” by Ventura County Sheriff’s Office deputy sheriffs, they are often beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and then falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for some fabricate resistance offenses such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing a officer), Cal. Penal Code § 240/241 (assault on officer), Cal. Penal Code § 242 / 243(b) & (c) (battery on an officer causing injury) and Cal. Penal Code § 245(c) (assault on officer with weapon). This is not lefty propaganda; this is reality. Almost all basically law-abiding citizens could not and would not imagine that this could possibly happen to them, until it does. If you are reading this webpage, you probably agree with this proposition, and now believe that some police officers really do bad things to people who don’t deserve it. IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, JERRY L. STEERING CAN HELP YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE YOUR RIGHTS BY WINNING YOUR CASE. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”. 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. 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. 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 . FREE CASE EVALUATION
