Florida Officers Lose Claim For Malicious Prosecution

Malicious Prosecution, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will AitchisonMarch 25, 2019

In 2011, Sergeant Omar Paez, Sergeant Lyndean Peters, and Officer Yovany Diaz of the Golden Beach Police Department in Florida were arrested on various charges of public corruption. The officers were accused of, among other things, fraudulently failing to report off-duty police work that would have required them to pay administrative fees to the Department.…

Officer Not Victim Of ‘Malicious Prosecution’

Malicious Prosecution, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Marc FullerJanuary 12, 2012

Jerry Ims served as a Portsmouth, Rhode Island police officer from July 6, 1987, until his retirement on February 26, 2004. On November 26, 2001, Ims participated in a training exercise centered on the issue of the appropriate use of force during an arrest. The exercise involved a role-playing exercise with Ims, Officers Scott Travers…