(DOWNLOAD) "Lybarger V. City Of Los Angeles" by Supreme Court Of California # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Lybarger V. City Of Los Angeles
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 31, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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In this case, we construe various provisions of the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (the act) (Gov. Code, § 3300 et seq.; further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated). Among other issues, we consider whether appellant police officer was properly advised of his constitutional rights prior to an administrative investigation into possible criminal misconduct, and whether he was properly disciplined for failing to cooperate with the investigators. We have concluded that, although an officer who refuses to cooperate in an investigation of this kind may be administratively disciplined, the discipline in the present case must be set aside because appellant was never advised that any statements he made could not be used against him in a subsequent criminal proceeding. Had appellant been properly so advised, he might well have elected to cooperate with his employer, thereby avoiding imposition of discipline based on his insubordination. Accordingly, we will order the administrative decision imposing such discipline annulled.