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Eric James Abril, 35, is arraigned on additional charges at Placer Superior Court Wednesday, July 12, 2023 in Roseville, after his Sunday hospital escape that resulted in a 33-hour manhunt.
A hostage was killed and two other people were wounded in last year’s police confrontation with a gunman.
A little more than a week after a California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a 33-year-old man on the 105 Freeway in Watts, the family of the victim has filed a civil lawsuit against the ...
In January 2019, Clark's two underage sons filed a civil lawsuit against Sacramento and the two officers who shot Clark, seeking $20 million in damages. In September 2019, the city settled the lawsuit for $2.4 million; each son will receive $900,000 tax-free when they turn 22.
The act provides immunity to the State of California and its related entities from being sued. The law immunizes public employees from liability for “instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding” within the scope of their employment, “even if” the employees act “maliciously and without probable cause.” (Cal. Gov. Code, § 821.6)
The CHP can exercise law enforcement powers anywhere within the state. [6] The California State Legislature originally established the California Highway Patrol as a branch of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Public Works, with legislation signed by Governor C. C. Young on August 14, 1929.
A Los Angeles County jury has awarded a former California Highway Patrol employee $1 million in damages after she sued the agency for mishandling sexual content found on her cellphone.
California Highway Patrol investigators on Tuesday arrested a former CHP officer accused of committing workers’ compensation fraud two years ago when he worked for the state law enforcement ...