Without Court Order, Wiretap Evidence Inadmissible In Civil Service Hearing
The California Court of Appeals has ruled that without a court order, wiretap evidence is inadmissible in a civil service disciplinary hearing. The case began in 2009, when the high intensity drug trafficking area task force came to believe that Los Angeles Sheriff ’s Department Detective Carlos Arellano was associating with known narcotics felons, using his law enforcement status to obtain inside information from the Department to provide to…