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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 ...
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.
When SB 1421 took effect on January 1, 2019, there was disagreement about if the law applies to records before the law took place. [6] In April, Karl Olson, a San Francisco attorney, said there are as many as 20 lawsuits related to requests seeking access to records. [7] In March, over 170 agencies were fighting the new law. [8]
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)
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.
The fatal encounter was caught on video: “It’s shocking. It’s one of the most notorious shooting videos I’ve seen.”