Sheriff’s deputies can be found guilty of negligence in civil tort cases even if they do not use excessive force, a published April 29 ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal found. The ruling comes from the case of Kevin Niedzialek, who died July 30, 2019, a day

A San Bernardino jury has awarded victims more than $100 million seven years after a firearm-brandishing state employee caused a fatal crash off the I-215. The jury found the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation responsible for the actions of their correctional officer, Michael William Becker, who ran Glenn Bolden