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 Dana Point, throughout Orange 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 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. As the old saying goes, “The young lawyer knows the law, but the old lawyer knows the Judge”. THE POLICE IN OXNARD ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST. Unlike other cities in Ventura County, the City of Oxnard has its own police department, the headquarters for which is located at 251 South “C” Street, Oxnard, California. The demographics of the City of Oxnard, California has an estimated population of 200,000, 73.5% Hispanic, 14.8% White, 7.3% Asian, 2.4% Black and 1.8% other. Due to various conditions in modern society, in Southern California cities often result in large criminal street gangs claiming these gangs’ respective neighborhoods as their own “turf”, not to be occupied or visited by members of rival street gangs. The major Oxnard criminal street gangs include the Colonia Chiques gangs, the Southside Chiques gang, the El Rio Trouble Street gang, the Surtown Chiques gang, the Loma Flat Chiques and the Lemonwood Chiques gang. Moreover, due to frequent street gang activity in Oxnard, the Oxnard Police Department has adopted a “Baddest Gang in Town” mentality. An internal investigation of the Oxnard Police Department related to the so-called shooting tattoos that are “earned” if an officer is involved in a shooting is expected to be completed soon, according to Oxnard’s city manager. A former Oxnard police officer told American Justice Notebookthat when a shooting is fatal smoke is tattooed on to the barrel. He provided the names of nine officers who allegedly have “earned” these tattoos and have put them on their bodies – two are retired and two are commanders with the Oxnard Police Department and a drawing of what these tattoos look like. “Shooting Tattoos” Investigation Of Oxnard Police Nearly Complete; Grant For Body Cameras Submitted, Colectivo Todo Poder al Pueblo. One of the Oxnard Police Department’s more notorious shootings of innocents resulted in the City of Oxnard paying $6.7 million to the family of a jogger fatally shot by police who suspected at the time that he had been part of a pursuit with officers. See, Oxnard To Pay $6.7M To Family Of Innocent Man Fatally Shot As Many As 20 Times By Police, CBSLA.com June 11, 2014. Moreover, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office always find some way to justify any shootings of civilians by Oxnard Police Department police officers. For example in reviewing the shooting of Alfonso Limon, Jr. by Oxnard Police Department police officers the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office concluded: “Based on the information available for review, the District Attorney’s investigation and the applicable legal authorities, it is the opinion of the District Attorney that the shooting of Alfonso Limon, Jr., by Oxnard Police Officers Jess Aragon, John Brisslinger, Ryan Lockner, Ernie Orozco, and Matthew Ross, although extraordinarily tragic, was legally justified and not a criminal act.” See, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Report on the October 13, 2012, shootings of Alfonso Limon, Jr., Justin Villa, and Jose Zepeda, Jr., by officers of the Oxnard Police Department. However, the City of Oxnard understood that a jury would likely find that shooting totally unjustified. See, Oxnard To Pay $6.7M To Family Of Innocent Man Fatally Shot As Many As 20 Times By Police, CBSLA.com June 11, 2014. Other reviews of Oxnard Police Department shootings of civilians all justified the shootings, no matter how unjustifiable those shootings were. See: Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Report on the March 12, 2023, Shooting of Adam Barcenas by Oxnard Police Department Officer Shayn Schwartz; Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Report on the April 7, 2023, Shooting of Cristian Baltazar-Torres by Oxnard Police Department Officer Jarrod Sheffield Report on the March 28, 2015, Shooting of Meagan Hockaday by Oxnard Police Officer Roger Garcia Report on the August 14, 2012, Fatal Shooting of Michael Mahoney by Officers from the Oxnard Police Department Report on the shooting of Juan Luis Reyes by Oxnard Detective Edward Baldwin on March 17, 2010 Report on the Fatal Shooting of Timothy Chacon by Oxnard Police Officer Zachary Stiles on May 24, 2010 Report on the Pursuit and Officer-Involved Shooting Death of Silas Carpenter by Officers of the Oxnard Police Department on December 23, 2009 Report on the Shooting of Thomas Barrera by Oxnard Police Department Sergeant Andrew Salinas, on October 3, 2007 Report on the Shooting of Edward Medina by Officer Michael Purdy, Oxnard Police Department, on July 1, 2006 Report on the Fatal Shooting of Armando Nava by Oxnard Police Officer Derek Stephens on August 21, 2005 Moreover, Oxnard Police Department misconduct is not limited to shootings. Many times innocent law-abiding citizens are beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed by Oxnard Police Department police officers when those officers deem civilians in “Contempt of Cop“. “Contempt of Cop” situations arise when police officers accost civilians for usually minor traffic violations or pedestrian stops or domestic violence calls for service, and these generally law-abiding civilians verbally protests or verbally challenges Oxnard Police Department orders or actions. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw. When these “Contempt of Cop” situations happen, innocent law-abiding citizens are beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed by Oxnard Police Department police officers, and are falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for various 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 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. 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
