Police Misconduct Attorney Palm Desert, CA

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 Palm Desert, throughout Riverside 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.

“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 POLICE IN PALM DESERT ARE OFTEN BRUTAL AND ARE INSTITUTIONALLY DISHONEST.

The City of Palm Desert, California, is centrally located in the heart of the Coachella Valley in southeastern Riverside County.

The City of Palm Desert has an estimated population of 54,000 residents. The demographics of Palm Desert is 68.3% White, 2.2% Black or African American, 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 4.1% Asian, 0.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 17.1% from two or more races, and 26.0% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The City of Palm Desert contracts its police services with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; an agency that is beyond brutal and corrupt. Jerry L. Steering has recently attained substantial victories against the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for brutality, false arrests and malicious criminal prosecutions.

Some of Jerry L. Steering’s victories against the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department include recovering damages for the beating, false arrest and malicious prosecution of Kenneth Ciccarelli (Riverside County pays $1.3 million to Wildomar man whose face was broken by deputies, Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise, June 13, 2025. See also, Riverside sheriff’s office disses juries and county taxpayers, Riverside Press-Enterprise, July 6, 2025).

Mr. Steering also obtained $498,000 for a Riverside County man for excessive force and false arrest. See, Temecula man awarded $500K settlement after daring deputy to arrest him, KCAL 9 News, March 7, 2025, and Temecula man who dared deputy to arrest him gets $498,000 for wrongful arrest suit steeringlaw and Riverside Press-Enterprise, March 7, 2025.

Some of Mr. Steering’s other victories against the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department include recovering damages for the beating of Danny Eatherton (See, Riverside County pays $450,000 to settle lawsuit by bystander who claims he was beaten by deputies  and the Video of Beating of Danny Eatherton), recovering $500,000.00 for the beating and false arrest of James Holley, recovering $400,000 for brutalizing and falsely arrested a 13-year-old boy at School (See, video of beating of 13-year-old boy and Ex-high school student gets $400,000 from Riverside County for alleged beating by sheriff’s deputies.)

In addition, in Chynoweth v. County of Riverside, Riverside County Superior Court, Mr. Steering obtained $750,000.00 from Riverside County for false arrest and excessive force, and in Parnell v. County of Riverside, Mr. Steering recovered $250,000.00 for undercover Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Detective falsely arresting and using excessive upon David Parnell, an innocent man. 

All of these cases began with the plaintiffs verbally protesting or verbally challenging some Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriffs orders or actions, and those plaintiff’s represented by Mr. Steering being then deemed in “Contempt of Cop“. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.

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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