Police Misconduct Attorney Riverside, 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 Riverside, 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.

POLICE MISCONDUCT ATTORNEY JERRY L. STEERING HAS HAD A GOOD DEAL OF SUCCESS SUING THE RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Police Misconduct Attorney Jerry L. Steering has had a good deal of success suing the Riverside Police Department. See, Nichols v. City of Riverside; U.S. District Court (Riverside) 2021; $450,000.00 for false arrest. Mr. Steering has also had a long line of victories against other police agencies in Riverside County for many years now. See, Police Misconduct Attorney Riverside County CA.

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

The Riverside Police Department has long had a reputation for brutality and dishonesty, as do most police agencies in Riverside County. Officer involved shootings have long plagued the Riverside Police Department and the citizens of the City of Riverside. See, What’s Causing RPD’s Rash of Shootings?, Black Voice News. See also, RPD Officer Involved Shooting of Shawn Palacat of April 4, 2024 (with video), Riverside Police Department, June 6, 2024; Riverside police shoot, wound suspect who returned to bar after allegedly brandishing gun, KABC 7 News, May 9, 2025. See also, Deputy and Officer Involved Shooting of Joseph Tracy of January 18, 2022, Press Release by Riverside County Sheriff’s Department of January 19, 2022 (shooting unarmed man); Felix Marquez Officer-Involved Death of May 8, 2021, Public Report, City of Riverside Community Police Review Commission (shooting unarmed man); Jehlani Black Officer-Involved Death of March 9, 2021, Public Report, City of Riverside Community Police Review Commission (shooting man suspected of graffiti vandalism).

The Riverside Police Department has also long had problems dealing with criminal street gangs. See, Attorney General Becerra Announces Takedown of Riverside Street Gang, California Attorney General’s Office, January 17, 2020. See also, Riverside Gang with Links to Mexican Mafia Targeted in Federal Case that Alleges Methamphetamine Trafficking, United States Department of Justice; Riverside Police Department’s Operations “Eastbound & Down” (Operation “Eastbound & Down” resulted in the arrests of 45 suspected gang members and/or associates, 63 firearms, along with illegal narcotics), Riverside Police Department, October 19, 2018; 17 arrested after guns and drugs seized in Riverside gang investigation, Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2022.

RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICERS DO BAD THINGS TO GOOD PEOPLE.

Notwithstanding the Riverside Police Department having to deal with criminal street gangs, they often really do bad things to good people who don’t deserve it; no joke. Most of the time when Riverside Police Department police officers do bad things to good people it is in the context of “Contempt of Cop” cases; cases in which basically law-abiding citizens verbally protest or verbally challenge police actions or orders. See, The “Contempt of Cop Game”; How Well Can You Play?, steeringlaw.com. 

Although verbal protest and verbal challenge to police orders and actions has long been held to be constitutionally protected conduct (City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987)), verbal protest and verbal challenge to Riverside Police Department police orders and actions will often result in one being beaten or tased or pepper-sprayed, and falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted for some fabricated “resistance offense” such as violation of Cal. Penal Code § 69 (resisting officer with force), Cal. Penal Code § 148(a)(1) (resisting/delaying/obstructing an 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).

Mr. Steering best advice is if you are accosted by a Riverside Police Department police officer, shut your mouth, do what the officer tells you to do, and you’ll probably come out of it okay.

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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